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with a specific thematic learning focus, and a programme level lessons infographic. Sharing WISER and Met Office Kenya Partnership Impacts with President Kenyatta This week, President Kenyatta of Kenya visited the UK. During his visit, he attended an event at Kew Gardens to celebrate the Kenya-UK Year

in Worcestershire saw flooding due to a collapsed wall, and Bradford-on-Avon experienced a burst riverbank. A major incident was declared in Northamptonshire, and over 680 properties were flooded in England. Power outages affected 350,000 homes, and 300 flights were cancelled.  Storm Conall added further rainfall

, and examine the climatic changes that have made such extremes more frequent. The top ten hottest July days on record Coningsby, Lincolnshire recorded 40.3°C on July 19, 2022 Cambridge Botanical Garden, Cambridge recorded 38.7°C on July 25, 2019 Pitsford, Northamptonshire recorded 38.2°C on July 18

will break the previous record of 48.0°C in Athens in 1977. It will also raise concerns that even higher temperatures are potential in future, possibly even exceeding 50.0C. Professor Peter Stott is the Met Office’s lead on climate attribution. He has studied European heatwaves for nearly two decades

and easterly shift in our weather. Matthew Lehnert is an Expert Operational Meteorologist with the Met Office. He said: “Although the prolonged cold spell and snow events in February and March of 2018 – dubbed the ‘Beast from the East’ by the UK media – were linked to a sudden stratospheric warming

or droplets and sunlight. Finally, Isaac Newton proved that white light is made up of a spectrum of colours by splitting light with a prism. His discovery, together with the work of others before him, finally explained how rainbows form. He also noted that the sequence of the colours of a rainbow never

of over 750 million people could be affected. He stressed that information from climate services would be very helpful in designing future climate support and that the ARRCC programme is a critically important project for DFID. In conclusion, he said that climate science can help create a win-win

. The partnership will embrace the challenges set out in the Met Office’s newly refreshed Research and Innovation strategy. Dr George Pankiewicz is the Met Office Head of Science Partnership who jointly oversees the partnership. Commenting on the future of MOAP, he said: “Tackling the challenges of high

the UK nations. Temperature extremes The warmest August Bank Holiday Monday on record for the UK and England was 33.2°C, recorded at both Heathrow (London) and Cambridge Botanic Garden on 26 August 2019, while Scotland’s highest was 25.6°C at Kelso (Roxburghshire) in 1984. Wales reached 26.5°C

days.   What our forecast says: Last week’s warmth saw temperatures rise to 29.3°C at Kew Gardens, making it the warmest day of the year so far. It did get cooler over the weekend but temperatures will rise again this week to slightly above average for many, exceeding 20°C for some, though