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• Spring 2020: the sunniest on record in the UK

  Non-Executive Directors News & media Media centre Campaigns Contact the Press Office Weather & climate news Corporate news Official news blog Contact us Send us your feedback Ways to contact us How to find our offices Information for visitors Spring 2020: the sunniest on record in the UK Author

• Deep dive: After a remarkable summer, meteorological Autumn has arrived

  chills Week ahead: Stormy start gives way to calmer, foggier conditions Where were Storm Austen’s strongest wind gusts recorded? About this blog This is the official blog of the Met Office news team, intended to provide journalists and bloggers with the latest weather, climate science and business news

• 2025 is already the UK’s sunniest year on record

  This year has already been the sunniest year on record for the UK, according to provisional Met Office statistics.

   made 2025 notably sunnier than average.  “So far this year, only the months of February and October have recorded below-average sunshine hours.”  This graph shows most areas receiving over 35% more sunshine than average this spring.  What's the annual sunshine trend? The latest UK State of the Climate

• Rainfall on UK’s wettest day on record could have more than filled Loch Ness

  Non-Executive Directors News & media Media centre Campaigns Contact the Press Office Weather & climate news Corporate news Official news blog Contact us Send us your feedback Ways to contact us How to find our offices Information for visitors Rainfall on UK’s wettest day on record could have more

• 2025: likely another record year for UK annual temperature

  As we approach year end, 2025 is on track to be one of the UK’s warmest years on record, joining 2022 and 2023 in the top three warmest years.

  will appear in the top five warmest years in a series from 1884 – an indication of just how fast our climate is changing. All top-ten warmest years will have occurred in the last two decades. If the record is confirmed, this will be only the second year in observational records where the UK’s annual

• Dull and mild February brings wet winter to a close

  over recent decades.   Climate change is also associated with a trend towards wetter winters in the UK. Winters are expected to feature more days with significant rainfall, particularly in western regions.  Attribution studies across the UK and Europe have linked several record-breaking rainfall

• Warmest February on record for England and Wales

  England and Wales had their respective warmest Februarys on record according to provisional Met Office statistics in what was a mild and wet month for many.

  .  Declining ground frosts in a changing climate  With a warmer than average season, a declining number of ground frosts was again evident for the UK, with significantly fewer ground frosts than average, though it doesn’t trouble any records. If you want to learn more about the reduction in frosts and why

• Deep Dive: What could UK summers feel like in the future?

  of possible conditions shifts as the climate warms, making hotter summers more commonplace and creating the potential for events more extreme than those experienced so far. The change has already been notable. Summer 2025 set a UK mean-temperature record of around 16.1°C, approximately 0.4°C above

• What are heat domes? And are they getting worse?

  temperature records. But what exactly is a heat dome, how does it develop, and are these events becoming more severe in a warming climate? The heatwave that brought the term into the spotlight The phrase gained widespread attention during the extraordinary western Canada heatwave of 2021. Forecasts

• UK May and spring temperature record provisionally broken for second day in a row

  35.1°C has been recorded at Kew Gardens making it the second consecutive day the May and spring UK temperature record has provisionally been broken.

  and climate change A climate attribution study published last summer by Met Office scientists found that the chances of surpassing the May temperature record have been increasing as our climate changes as a consequence of human greenhouse gas emissions. The study found that breaking the 32.8°C May record