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• north-west-england--isle-of-man_-climate-met-officepdf

  North West England & Isle of Man: climate This describes the main features of the climate of Cheshire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Cumbria, part of North Yorkshire and the Isle of Man. The eastern boundary of the region lies along the watershed of the Pennines. There are several

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 2019: A year in review

  2019 has been a year of extremes: record-breaking heat and rain, along with notable spells of cold and windy weather have all been prominent.

  As we approach year-end, we’ve highlighted the most notable climate features of the year, including two all-time temperature records:  Warmest winter day on record: 21.2 °C recorded at Kew Garden on 26 February  Hottest day on record: 38.7 °C recorded at Cambridge University Botanic Gardens on 25

• Wimbledon extremes: How weather has shaped the championships

  , a reminder that even summer in London can feel brisk. READ MORE: How weather and climate change are shaping the future of UK sport Rainfall records Rain has long been a part of Wimbledon’s lore, and the wettest single day on record occurred way back on 28 June 1906, when 62.7mm of rain fell at Kew

• This summer will ‘almost certainly’ be warmest on record for the UK

  Provisional statistics from the Met Office show that summer 2025 will ‘almost certainly’ be the warmest summer on record for the UK.

  previously unremarkable years into record-breaking ones, as baseline conditions steadily rise. This summer’s four heatwaves, which might once have passed as pleasant spells of warm weather, are made more prominent by the heightened backdrop that climate change creates. Below average, but variable rainfall