RSS feeds from the Met Office
The Met Office offers a range of feeds in XML format ('RSS Content') to RSS enabled browsers or news readers. The feeds contain a brief summary and a link to the full content on the website.
How to subscribe to the feeds
Using your browser
Most modern web browser allow you to add RSS feeds as a browser favorite or bookmark folder. Bookmark a link from the list below or open the link an choose 'subscribe'.
Using a news reader
A news reader is software that checks the feeds and lets you read any new articles that have been added from multiple sources. There are many different versions, some of which are accessed using a browser, and some of which are downloadable applications.
Copy the URL of the RSS feed into your news reader.
Feeds available
Severe weather warnings - UK
These RSS feeds have been updated, as part of a wider project to improve our severe weather warning service.
Severe weather warnings - Regions
These RSS feeds have been updated, as part of a wider project to improve our severe weather warning service.
- Orkney & Shetland
- Highlands & Eilean Siar
- Grampian
- Strathclyde
- Central, Tayside & Fife
- SW Scotland, Lothian Borders
- Northern Ireland
- Wales
- North West England
- North East England
- Yorkshire & Humber
- West Midlands
- East Midlands
- East of England
- South West England
- London & South East England
Other feeds
Warnings feed contents (usage guidance)
Feeds contain a summary of warnings as they are issued. For any one region, warnings may be issued for different days or different weather elements.
For more information on weather warnings, please refer to our Weather warnings guide.
Use of Met Office RSS feeds
The use of the RSS service also is subject to our Website terms of use. These Terms of Use may be changed by the Met Office at any time without notice.
Link to content pages
The RSS service may be used only with those platforms from which a functional link is made available that, when accessed, takes the viewer directly to the display of the full article on the Met Office Site. You may not display the RSS Content in a manner that does not permit successful linking to, redirection to or delivery of the applicable Met Office Site web page. You may not insert any intermediate page, splash page or other content between the RSS link and the applicable Met office Site web page.
Ownership and attribution
The Met Office retains all ownership and other rights in the RSS Content, and any and all Met Office logos and trademarks used in connection with the RSS Service. You must provide attribution to the Met Office website in connection with your use of the RSS feeds. If you provide this attribution using a graphic, you must use the appropriate Met Office website's logo that we have incorporated into the RSS feed.
Right to discontinue feeds
The Met Office reserves the right to discontinue providing any or all of the RSS feeds at any time and to require you to cease displaying, distributing or otherwise using any or all of the RSS feeds for any reason including, without limitation, your violation of any provision of these Terms of Use. The Met Office assumes no liability for any of your activities in connection with the RSS feeds or for your use of the RSS feeds in connection with your website.
