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Ireland’s highest temperature on record. The third warmest summer on record for Northern Ireland and ninth warmest for the UK overall. The north-west/south-east split resulted in often sunnier conditions in Northern Ireland and Scotland while for South East England the summer was wetter and duller

temperatures drop, three quarters (75%) have revealed they are unsure if their pipes are insulated and safeguarded against freezing. This uncertainty corresponds to driving too, with two-thirds (62%) of car owners claiming to not own anti-freeze to prevent water turning to ice within their vehicles

Two thirds of British people have been caught out by severe weather, according to latest research from the Met Office, despite 9 in 10 believing that preparing for winter weather is important.

The research showed failing to prepare for weather has an impact on people’s day-to-day lives.   In a survey of 2000 adults, over one third of those questioned said they had experienced disruption to public transport, nearly one fifth confessed to being late for work and more than 1 in 10 said

started with high pressure situated to the west of the UK. A few frontal systems brought rain to Scotland on the second and third, before the high pressure shifted to sit over the UK. A low pressure system to the southwest of the UK brought some heavy rain and thunderstorms to southwestern England, Wales

lowest on record for the time of year, but significantly higher than the same date last year, when it was third lowest on record. Current Arctic sea ice extent Arctic sea ice extent on 11th July was 7.82 million sq km. This was the lowest extent for this date on record, the next lowest having been

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September since 1918, and its third wettest on record in a series from 1836.   Rainfall and climate change  Rainfall has a large amount of natural variability in the UK’s climate, with long-term trends harder to detect in monthly data. While September’s rainfall data shows no clear trend

was the joint-warmest on record with an average mean temperature of 14.2°C putting it level with both 2006 and 2021’s figures. Scotland provisionally had its third warmest September on record, with an average mean temperature of 12.8°C. Only 2021 and 2006 were warmer for the country according to September mean

This piece was updated on 3 April to reflect the full month’s provisional figures. According to provisional Met Office statistics, England, Wales and Northern Ireland have all had one of their ten wettest Marches on records which go back to 1836. England’s wettest March since 1981 and the third

weather sites to popular holiday destinations.  The warm and sunny weather so far this summer has led to an increase in the number of people taking UK holidays, compared to 2017, with almost a third (30%) taking up to two last-minute breaks in the UK already in 2018. However, with three-quarters (75