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are much more likely to be wetter than normal over the next three months, which coincides with the beginning of the region’s wet season. 3-Month Outlook May to July - Rainfall Much More Likely Below Normal Near-Normal Above Normal Likely Left: Middle East and North Africa Right: Caribbean region Likely

: March to December Overview 3 MENA, Caribbean and British Overseas Territories Current Status and Outlook - Rainfall Current Status: Mostly normal or dry across MENA and the Caribbean. Wet across parts of the Levant during March and May. Very Wet in Gibraltar during March. Outlook: Across MENA

in the north (2) Note: Very Wet along the coast; otherwise, normal (3) Note: Very wet in the north; otherwise, normal (4) Note: Normal southwest, hot northeast * Region usually experiences less than 10mm/month rainfall during the month (dry season). Climate Outlook Africa: October to July Current Status

the driest spring in over a century. However, not all regions were dry: western Scotland and northwestern England were slightly wetter than average. Sunshine totals were also above average for the UK as a whole, at around 110%, but areas with more rain saw less sunshine. New storm names for the season

to be the beginning of the wetter season, near or below average normal rainfall was experienced across North Africa and northern parts of the Middle East. An exception to this was Libya and Egypt during December which both had wetter than normal conditions. Over the last 3 months much of the Caribbean region

storm of the 2023/24 season. This is only the second time that the Met Office has reached the letter K since they began naming storms in 2015. Spring so far… Meteorological spring (March to May) so far has been wet. Both England and Wales have already seen more than their long-term average rainfall

on, October 2023 overall goes down as a wet month for much of the UK, with some areas seeing record-breaking levels of rainfall. “From mid-month, a blocking high set up over Scandinavia has tended to prevent low pressure systems from clearing the UK to the east. Associated with this, the frequent unusual

mountain range. The first snowfall of the season can be seen to have covered much of the Alps, from the mountain areas of Austria at its eastern end and right across to the south-western end, near the French/Italian border north of Nice. Credits: Image: © Crown copyright, Met Office, Data: NOAA/NASA

, although dry conditions were experienced in Ethiopia during January and Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia in February. In Southern Africa, very wet conditions were experienced at times in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique, particularly during December and February. Outlook: The East African Long Rains season

season, Storm Amy, bring heavy rain to northern parts of the UK. High pressure then dominated mid-October, resulting in more settled conditions. However, persistent cloud resulted in ‘anticyclonic gloom’ and below-average sunshine hours for the month. September started out wet for many, with widespread