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• Landmark report stresses urgency of climate crisis

  climate impacts is a new feature. A team of Met Office scientists have been working with peer scientists on the Working Group I report: Dr Matt Palmer was a lead author for the chapter on Energy Budget and Climate Sensitivity. He said: “We now have a clearer picture of the warming that is occurring

• NCIC Monthly Summary

  impacts in the south-west of England on the 1st and 2nd. The M48 between junctions 1 and 2 was closed temporarily and the Sandbanks Ferry, the St Mawes Ferry and the Tamar Ferry were suspended due to strong winds. On the 11th there was flooding on roads in south-east Wales and in Swansea. Further

• 2022_03_july_heatwave_v1

  with falling air in the atmosphere trapping warm air at the surface. By the 19th a cold front tracking from the west resulted in some thundery rain and somewhat fresher air to parts of the country. The figure below shows the Met Office red extreme heat area extending from London to Manchester and Leeds

• Staying on track in summer heat and winter chills

  : Press Office Wed 18 Jan 2023 The weather impacting travel plans isn’t anything new. But for the UK’s railways, our varied and changing climate introduces additional challenges. A changing climate increases the frequency of severe weather events. Warmer air can hold more water, so rainfall

• How accurate was the Met Office forecast during a record-laden spring?

  -laden spring? Author: Met Office Tue 7 Jul 2026 A late-May heatwave may have stolen the weather headlines for Spring 2026, but just how did the weather forecast develop through the season? May saw daily temperature records set, with 35.1C the new highest figure for the month, set at Kew Gardens

• UK prepares for historic hot spell

  of the current record. “Nights are also likely to be exceptionally warm, especially in urban areas. This is likely to lead to widespread impacts on people and infrastructure. Therefore, it is important people plan for the heat and consider changing their routines. This level of heat can have adverse

• Met Office daily weather: Cooler with patchy rain

  during the afternoon. Northern areas will enjoy sunny intervals, although the far northeast may see scattered showers. Temperatures will be noticeably cooler across much of the country, except for the southwest, where warm conditions will persist. Locations such as Plymouth could see highs of 22–23

• New official highest temperature in UK confirmed

  A recording of 38.7°C at Cambridge Botanic Garden on Thursday 25 July has become the highest temperature officially recorded in the UK.

  high temperatures gripped large parts of central and western Europe last week, the UK joins Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands in breaking national temperature records.   The recording was taken at the University of Cambridge Botanic Garden - which houses a Met Office climate observation site

• uk_monthly_climate_summary_201806pdf

  most areas were sunny and increasingly warm, with numerous locations exceeding 30 °C from the 25th onwards. Some southern areas saw very little rain throughout this month, with less than 2 mm at numerous stations. The provisional UK mean temperature was 14.8 °C, which is 1.8 °C above the 1981-2010

• Reflecting on an historic spell for weather and climate

  The record-breaking conditions the UK experienced were carried from south west Europe where an intense period of hot weather is raging. For the moment our weather will now be dominated by the influence of the Atlantic. Dan Suri is a Met Office chief forecaster. He said: “Now that the extreme heat