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• Met Office deep dive: a change in the weather and a look back at summer

  the year 2000, a clear sign of the UK’s changing and warming climate. Why was this summer so warm? Several factors contributed to the exceptional warmth of summer 2025. June and July both saw above-average temperatures, with England recording its warmest June on record. Four widespread heatwaves were

• High risk of unprecedented rainfall

  1 in 3 chance of a new monthly rainfall record in at least one region each winter.

  demonstrated that, even with the current climate, it is likely that there will be one or more monthly regional rainfall record events, in the coming decade. This new use for Met Office computer simulations could also be applied to assess other risks such as heatwaves, droughts, and cold spells and could help

• A Pacific flip triggers the end of the recent slowdown

  After three record years for global temperatures, the recent slowdown in average global temperature has ended.

  at near record levels throughout, variations in decadal climate in the Pacific led to the slowdown in the rise of Global Mean Surface Temperature. The Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) – a pattern of warm and cool phases in Pacific sea-surface temperature – can persist for a decade or more. Coinciding

• Study examines drivers of 2018 UK summer heatwave

  A paper published in the Royal Meteorological Society’s journal Weather later today [Thursday 7 November 2019] looks at the drivers of last year’s UK heatwave, which led to the joint warmest summer on record (along with 2006).

  temperatures close to the UK - resulted in the extended spell of hot and sunny weather. However, the observed record-breaking temperatures for the summer overall could not be fully explained by these conditions alone, and also needed to factor in additional warming from climate change. Dr Mark McCarthy

• How wind speeds are measured by the Met Office

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• Met Office Deep Dive: Storm season past and present

  studies show that a summer as hot or hotter than 2025 is now 70 times more likely than it would be in a natural climate without human-made greenhouse gases. READ MORE: Summer 2025: A regional breakdown The heat was not only intense but also persistent, with four separate heatwaves recorded. While

• Sea ice loss remains a serious issue

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• A month of contrasts for January’s weather

  be responsible for some unusually high winter temperatures in both Scotland and Northern Ireland, although these tend to be highly localized. While the Foehn effect was the primary cause of this record, we must set this against a backdrop of increasing mean and maximum temperatures more generally as our climate

• Driest July in England since 1935

  July 2022 was the driest July for England since 1935, and the driest July on record for East Anglia, southeast and southern England, according to provisional statistics from the Met Office.

  the only place you could find rainfall totals modestly above their long-term averages for a few regions.   Dr Mark McCarthy of the National Climate Information Centre said: “July 2022 has been a significantly dry month for Southern England, only 10.5mm of rain has been provisionally recorded on average

• Cool, wet May brings a Spring of marked contrasts

  , at 7.1°C. The cool temperatures seen in the season are particularly notable in the context of the long-term trend towards a warming climate.  April was dominated by high pressure and was, unusually, a cooler month than March. Despite this, it was the sunniest April on record in a series from 1919