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• Antarctic sea ice in 2023

  as an additional cause of the very low extent of 2023. The precise contribution of anthropogenic (human-caused) global warming to the record low sea ice of 2023 is not yet known. While climate models predict that Antarctic sea ice extent will decrease in response to anthropogenic warming, variability

• Maximum temperatures and how they’re recorded

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• HadUK-Grid Frequently Asked Questions

  Further information about the UK gridded climate datasets.

  Duration Recorded by Campbell–Stokes and Automatic Sensors' (Published as National Climate Information Centre Memorandum no. 27 (2011). National Meteorological Library: Exeter, UK). How are the monthly wind statistics calculated? The standard exposure for wind sensors is at 10 m above ground

• An early look at the winter statistics: just how wet has it been?

  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 events to the influence of human-induced climate change. While no single

• Provisional new record for highest temperature in UK

  Following yesterday’s exceptionally hot weather, provisional figures received by the Met Office today could challenge the UK’s highest temperature on record.

  July temperature. Dr Mark McCarthy from the National Climate Centre (NCIC) at the Met Office said: “As the official source of meteorological statistics for the UK, we take the quality of our recordings very seriously.  We are talking about a potential new record for the highest temperature recorded

• Winter resources for journalists

  and snow.  Met Office observations show a generally warming trend for UK winters. Six of the ten warmest UK winters on record have occurred after 2007. Despite a warming trend for winter, the UK’s variable climate continues to allow cold conditions. 2010 is the only winter since 2000 to appear

• Winter weather resources for journalists

  . Forecasting snow in the UK is often tricky, as we’re surrounded by water. To forecast snow, meteorologists need to know where the source air is from, have very heavy precipitation and have warm air meeting cold air. UK weather records can be broken down by nation and month on our climate extremes page

• Storm Bram by numbers: A look into December’s first storm 

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• What caused the record UK winter rainfall of 2013-14?

  , linked to the warming of the globe over this period. Did climate change play a part in the record rainfall? Overall, this implies that climate change played a secondary role in making winter 2013-14 as wet as it was, providing about 10-15% of the excess rainfall. The very wet conditions in the UK were

• The UK's longest heatwave events and where they happened

  As the UK continues to experience more frequent and intense heatwaves, it’s worth reflecting on some of the most prolonged periods of high temperatures recorded across the country. 

  In the UK, a heatwave is officially defined when a location records at least three consecutive days with daily maximum temperatures meeting or exceeding the heatwave temperature threshold. This threshold varies by county, reflecting the diverse climate across the UK.   Originally, these thresholds