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in this century. UK average temperatures have increased. In early August 2020, at least twenty stations across southern England recorded maximum temperatures reaching 34 °C or more on six consecutive days. Five “tropical nights” were also recorded, when temperatures did not drop below 20 °C. The last time

to be at least 4.1 RWF. Socio-economic benefits include safer evacuations and preventing loss of life in areas susceptible to landslides, as well as avoiding crop losses for farmers. Evidence generated through this activity can be used to inform policymakers of the importance of ongoing investment in Meteo

State of the UK Climate 2014 Mike Kendon, Dr Mark McCarthy 1 , Dr Svetlana Jevrejeva 2 1 Met Office, National Climate Information Centre 2 National Oceanography Centre Cover: Satellite image of the UK on 24 July 2014 showing low cloud over the North Sea which drifted inland bringing patchy mist

the majority of the impacts as gusts exceeded 80 mph in a few places. Power outages were widely reported across the warning areas, with around 12,000 properties affected across Highland, Aberdeenshire and Moray. In north-east England and Yorkshire around 14,000 properties lost power supplies

New research shows that the damaging fires during the UK’s record-breaking 2022 heatwave were made at least six times more likely due to human-caused climate change.

That summer saw temperatures in this country hit 40°C for the first time and left firefighters stretched, with London Fire Brigade having its ‘busiest day since the Second World War’. The study, involving the Met Office, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and University of Exeter, highlights how

is a Senior Scientist at the Met Office Hadley Centre, and co-edited the global climate chapter of the report. He said: “Despite 2017’s surface temperatures not breaking the absolute record, the fact that it is following the pattern of one warm year after another is concerning and we are seeing

for approximately a week, although the highest temperatures were mostly confined to London and the south-east. The figure below shows the duration of the heatwave based on the Met Office heatwave thresholds in the adjacent panel which requires daily maximum temperatures to exceed the given thresholds for at least

climate change research.  These metrics include at least one measure – Tropical Nights – which is currently not a common feature of the UK climate, but it could become more widespread in future. Tropical nights are defined as 24-hour periods when the minimum temperature doesn’t fall below 20.0 °C

and sea-levels in 2016. The report also highlights the fact that severe drought affected over 12 percent of the earth’s land surface in 2016, the longest such stretch of drought conditions on record. Professor Peter Stott is the acting head of the Met Office Hadley Centre. He said: “When viewed

What is a hurricane? A hurricane is an area of low pressure over tropical or sub-tropical waters, with organised convection (i.e. thunderstorm activity) and sustained winds near the surface of at least 74 m.p.h. (and stronger gusts) circulating either anti-clockwise (in the northern hemisphere