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Cold air and longer nights have brought some chilly starts over the past week, with the first frosts and snowfall of the season bringing a rather abrupt end to the summer heat. Further cold nights are expected, particularly over the weekend and into that start of next week, with some hills snow

and windy weather from a succession of low-pressure systems, including the first named storm of the 2024/25 season. The month started with wet weather across the Midlands and East Anglia, followed by a brief interlude of settled weather as high-pressure dominated. A major Atlantic low-pressure system

with chemical fertilisers. Climate risks to maize are many. It is susceptible to erratic rainfall during wet season. Yields will decrease or the crop will be spoilt in extreme heat. Maize is grown in higher rainfall areas at the edges of the rainy season through early and late planting. Maize does not like

level rise is accelerating: UK sea levels have risen 19.5cm since 1901 with the last three years the three highest on record for annual mean sea level. Winters are getting wetter: October 2023 to March 2024 was the wettest winter half-year on record. In a series from 1767, six of the ten wettest

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 two high-profile

The heaviest rain is expected to be across Wales on Wednesday, with some central and southern parts of England and Wales potentially having a very wet day on Friday.  Further north, there will be some sunshine, but also some showers, which will turn heavier, more frequent later in the week

Spring 2025 has broken historical climate records, marking an unprecedented season of warmth and sunshine across the UK, according to provisional Met Office statistics.

The UK, and all four nations, have all recorded their warmest spring for mean temperature since the series began in 1884, surpassing the previous record from 2024. This season also outshone the rest, claiming the title of sunniest spring on record for the UK, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales

awareness to the communities in the area to plant trees in their compounds and garden boundaries in order to reduce dependence on the existing natural forest reserves. Modern Water and Soil conservation practices are used during the wet and dry seasons and the advisories provided in the Seasonal

England 16.9 0.7 30.2 48 125 65 Wales 15.6 0.5 30.4 33 118 66 Scotland 12.4 -0.8 50.9 51 94 67 N Ireland 14.3 -0.3 47.7 59 102 72 Looking ahead to the main holiday season, the weather stays pretty changeable with low pressure controlling our weather for the next few days. We can expect unusually wet

Storm Bella 26 to 27 December 2020 Storm Bella was the second named storm of the 2020/2021 season. Bella was a large, deep area of low pressure dominating the North Atlantic, bringing persistent heavy rain across western Scotland on 26 December, with heavy rain and very strong winds sweeping across