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Seasonal fire risk forecast for South America: August-October 2020 This year, fires over South America are already at their highest since 1998, with August and September usually the most critical months. CEMADEN, INPE and the Met Office Hadley Centre have come together to identify Protected Areas

They join a global network of sites that have been recognised by the WMO for recording reliable observations for over 100 years. Through the decades, the robust observations from these sites have been a vital contribution to the climatological record for the UK: they are our ‘memory of the weather

• Air Quality Partnership: current lead UK Grant Awardees www.metoffice.gov.uk © Crown Copyright 2019 Met Office WP1: Monitoring, Attribution and Reanalysis • Develop a better understanding of how East Asian climate has changed over the past: • Digitisation of observations • Improving climate records

There's a temporary return to much colder weather and snow over the weekend.

cold with temperatures only reaching 0 °C to 3 °C widely. “The heaviest snow is expected overnight Saturday into Sunday with around 5 – 10cms of snow within the warning areas, possibly more over high ground. Icy patches are a risk on untreated roads, pavements and cycle paths. It will stay bitterly

, impacts of climate change could push an additional 100 million people across the world into poverty by 2030.  This is extremely relevant for the Commonwealth where over two thirds of members are small or vulnerable states, and where climate change may have a disproportionate impact on people’s lives

and has succeeded in delivering a wide range of achievements. For every £1 spent through the Met Office managed programme, a benefit of £7- £26 has been accrued, resulting in over £200 million in socio-economic benefits due to the production, translation and use of co-produced weather and climate

England and Scotland for a time on Saturday, especially over higher ground, and  warnings are in place.” “Heavy rain through Saturday and Sunday, especially in southern and western parts of the UK, will also bring impacts for some with a number of warnings in place. We expect 50-75 mm of rainfall

will hold up in the low teens. Outlook for Wednesday Wednesday will be cloudy and breezy over Northern Ireland and Scotland, with outbreaks of rain, these persistent and heavy at times over western hills and mountains. Sheltered eastern areas will see drier and brighter spells. England and Wales

an overview ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/3BnrNp7laS — Met Office (@metoffice) September 30, 2025 Overnight, it will remain very mild across Northern Ireland and Scotland, where cloud and further outbreaks of rain, heavy at times and persistent over the hills of western and north-western Scotland, are expected

the pre-industrial average (calculated over the period 1850-1900). The highest average annual global sea-surface temperature was recorded during 2023, beating the previous record by 0.13°C. A series of marine heatwaves affected widespread regions of the North Atlantic beginning in June, with local