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be some bright or sunny spells in between, and as Thursday progresses, showers are expected to ease for many. READ MORE: Met Office Deep Dive: Storm season past and present A brief drier spell on Friday As we head into Friday, the weather is set to turn a little drier for many. The influence of low

to behave as if the season has changed, even though it is still late August.  This early shift in nature’s calendar is more than just a curiosity; it is a visible response to the exceptional warmth and dryness that have defined both spring and summer 2025. With record-breaking temperatures and prolonged dry

Storm Éowyn. Met Office Scientist Emily Carlisle said: “This winter has seen a typical mix of UK winter weather conditions, with a mix of wet and windy, but also cold and calm conditions. This has resulted in a season where no significant climate records have been broken, but the statistics do mask

levels throughout the year.   Pollen and hay fever  Respiratory allergies are more common than ever, and recent studies in Europe have found that some pollen types are increasing in severity, season duration and seeing an earlier onset as a result of climate change.    Pollen is made up of tiny

of work which showed a role for Tropical Atlantic forcing in the very wet winters of 2013-14 and 2015-16. Jeff has a personal interest in North Atlantic Ocean variability. Furthering understanding of the model mechanisms that lead to such variability on a range of timescales will help improve

). A target could be to have information available ahead of the 2019 rainy season. 2) Risk of extreme years within the 2-5 year period. A small amount of additional diagnostic work could provide supporting diagnostic information on the risk of very dry / very wet years within a 2-5 year period, based

, February) for many, the season had its fair share of impactful, and at times destructive, weather.  Although the provisional weather and climate statistics show a slightly drier, duller and warmer winter for the UK compared to the long-term average, these figures mask what has been a mixed season

, i.e. v2018 and v2022 or the “original” and “new”. We have also included three scientific improvements to the methodology that improve the utility of the data. These are: • The statistical treatment of precipitation to avoid physically implausible values and improve the projections of dry- and wet

After a hot and dry June, July followed up with a wet and slightly cool month for many as low pressure brought frequent periods of winds and rain. Northern Ireland saw more than double its average rainfall for the month, with 185.4mm (207% of its long-term average) the provisional figure

Weather warnings have been issued by the Met Office with wet and windy weather to continue over the next few days.

in from the west, bringing further wet and windy weather. It will feel rather cold, with parts of Northern Ireland, Wales and western and southern England seeing a frost on Saturday morning.  Sunday could see rain linger again across the northeast of the UK, with sunny spells and blustery, heavy shower