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• Summer 2025: A regional breakdown

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• Highs of 33°C forecast this weekend

  of surpassing the May temperature record set in 1922 and 1944 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 is around three times more likely now in our current climate than it would have been

• April's lowest average minimum temperatures since 1922

  UPDATE: This release has now been updated to reflect the full provisional figures for the month of April.  Provisional figures from the Met Office’s National Climate Information Centre indicate that April had the third lowest average UK minimum temperature for the month since records began in 1884

• Record breaking rainfall - for some

  north Scotland climate region having just 69% of the seasonal average (364.1mm). In comparison to the rainfall distribution in 2000 when many Autumn records were set, this Autumn’s highest rainfall accumulations were very focused in the East Midlands. In 2000 the highest totals affected much

• Adapting for tomorrow, now

  2023 The evidence of climate change can be seen all around us. Globally, 2022 was the sixth warmest year in a series stretching back to 1850, according to Met Office figures. Sea levels have risen by 20cm since the early 20th century, ocean heat content is at record levels and the Antarctic sea ice

• 280114_MetOffice_DecadalForecast_researchnews_final

  . This compares with an anomaly of +0.26°C observed in 2010, the warmest year on record. There is a reasonable chance of new record global temperatures over the next 5 years. • Since the forecast is initialised from the current state of the climate system, unlike the climate change projections used in the IPCC

• New global record ‘likely’ within five years

  Latest predictions suggest that Earth’s global average temperature is likely to reach record warmth during the five-year period 2020-2024.

  The current warmest year on record is 2016, but the latest forecast based on Met Office computer models suggest a new annual record is likely within the next five years. Individual years from 2020 to 2024 are predicted to be between 1.06 °C and 1.62 °C above pre-industrial conditions

• Warm September marks start of Autumn

  September 2021 was second warmest on record for the UK, with Northern Ireland having its joint warmest September on record.

  back to 1884.   Just a month from hosting vital climate change talks at COP26, the City of Glasgow recorded its joint hottest September on record, with 14.9°C matching 2006’s figure*. This follows on from Glasgow also reporting its hottest summer on record last month.   The significantly warmer-than

• Warm May and spring for the UK

  The UK had its warmest May and meteorological spring on record according to provisional Met Office figures in what was also a wet and dull season for many.

  May 2024’s average mean temperature of 13.1°C for the UK beat 2008’s previous record figure of 12.1°C in a series which dates back to 1884. The month’s mean temperature has been influenced particularly by above average temperatures in the northern half of the UK, with Scotland’s May mean

• met-office_classroom-presentation_weatherwarriors_primary_final.pdf

  was the coldest recorded temperature in the UK? What was the hottest? • yAnswers in Celsius, you get 5 degrees on either side • yBonus points if you can say where it was and which decade it was in! 4. What is climate change? 5. What kinds of things do scientists predict will happen in the UK as a result