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A new event summary from the Met Office shows that the UK’s recent extreme heat was far more intense and widespread than previous comparable heatwaves. This was the first time 40°C has been recorded in the UK.

of long term climate records. “What’s particularly notable is how much more widespread the heat was from this event than the previous two occurrences of temperatures in excess of 38°C in the UK. Temperature records tend to get broken by modest amounts and by just a few stations, but the recent heat

The latest data confirms 2020 concludes the earth’s warmest 10-year period on record.

nominally the second warmest year in the dataset’s record. Data from a number of climate monitoring centres including the Met Office, NASA and NOAA are compiled by scientists at the Met Office for the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) to create its central annual global mean temperature estimate

The climate guide encompasses a range of areas, from statistical records to computer model projections and climate change. Weather The Met Office provides a wide range of forecasts and warnings to help the public make informed decisions about day to day activities. These include forecasts for more than

Impact case studies from the Asia Regional Resilience to a Changing Climate programme

observation records in Pakistan Strengthening capacities to analyse future climate projections and deliver climate services   Strengthening Climate Information Partnerships South Asia (SCIPSA) project case studies Enhancing the seasonal monsoon outlook Measuring the skill of South Asian precipitation forecasts for a more accurate seasonal monsoon outlook Improving seasonal forecast services for resilience   Supported by:

during hot spells and heatwaves. “Reaching 34°C during June is a rare, but not unprecedented, event in the historical climate records for the UK. But if it should happen this week it would be notable that it would have occurred on three days during the last six Junes.” The other days being 21 June

Northern Ireland had its wettest July on record in a series which dates back to 1836, according to provisional Met Office statistics.

and 176.7mm of rain respectively. Scotland had 50% more rain than average, with 155.1mm. The Met Office’s Mike Kendon, who works as part of a team that looks after the UK’s climate records, said: “It has been a significantly wet month for much of the UK; particularly for those in Northern Ireland. “The jet

climate records, and also to provide consistency and certainty. Climatologically, Christmas Day is like other winter days in the UK, where the weather is strongly driven by the air mass we are influenced by at the time and the behaviour of the jet stream.    Since 1960, around half of the years have

2022 was a record-breaking year for weather and is a sign of the UK’s changing climate.

The latest Met Office ‘State of the UK Climate’ report has been published today, examining the weather of 2022 in the context of long-term climate records.   The report highlights how the UK’s climate continues to change, with recent decades warmer, wetter and sunnier than the 20th century

Summaries of the climate characteristics of 11 regions of the UK

in this climate change visualisation tool. This tool is a collaboration with the BBC. It combines our climate projections and records to visualise climate change in the UK.

The Weather and Climate Science for Service Partnership South Africa is a collaborative initiative between research institutes in the UK and South Africa.

Africa Current research areas Monitoring and attribution To understand how our climate is changing we need a clear view of the past through climate observations. WCSSP South Africa is expanding the observational climate record through data rescue and digitisation of large collections of historical