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• July 2019: a month in UK climate statistics

  July 2019 saw the highest temperature ever recorded in the UK, but the month wasn’t all about heat – rainfall is a significant talking point too, particularly across parts of northern England.

  on from a largely wet June, northern England and the Midlands have now received more than the season’s usual rainfall, with August still to go. Tim Legg, of the Met Office’s National Climate Information Centre, said: “With an all-time temperature record it would be easy to assume that this summer

• Climate change increases global burnt area

  A new international study has revealed climate change is contributing to an increase in wildfires worldwide, despite human interventions trying to temper this trend.

  The study - led by a team of scientists from the Met Office and Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)  -compares wildfire models with and without the effects of climate change. It shows that in many regions the frequency and intensity of wildfires is increasing, especially in sensitive ecosystems

• Supporting the development of user-based climate services

  ), insurance (e.g. maternity, unemployment or illness cover), pensions (i.e. state pensions) and labour market interventions (e.g. maternity and sickness benefits). Adaptive social protection aims to protect poor households from climate and other shocks before they occur and support them when they occur

• Climate extremes are becoming the new ‘normal’ for the UK

  “What we used to think of as extreme, we increasingly consider as normal.” That is the summarising comment from Mike Kendon, the Met Office lead author of the latest edition of the State of the UK Climate report.

  The report, which covers 2025 puts the latest year and decade into a historical context, tells us about the changes already seen in the UK’s climate. The key change in the UK’s climate is the ongoing rise in temperatures, with extremes particularly affected. Mike Kendon, Met Office climate

• Joint Weather and Climate Research Programme (JWCRP)

  JWCRP aims to further the interests of the Met Office and NERC in growing the UK's leading role in weather and climate research.

  JWCRP facilitates the joint research between the Met Office and Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). Its overarching goal is to ensure that the UK maintains and strengthens its leading international position in weather and climate science. The JWCRP has two major elements. The first

• 02427 Central Asia climate infographic-v4

  Central and South Asia Climate Risk Report – Central Asia HEADLINE CLIMATE STATEMENTS RUSSIA Aral Sea KAZAKHSTAN Central Asia has warmed by around 0.3 to 0.4°C per decade from 1980 to 2015. By the 2050s*, annual average temperatures in Central Asia will be between 2 to 6°C warmer, under the highest

• 02427 South Asia climate infographic-HINDU

  मध्य और दक्षिण एशिया जलवाय ु जोखिम रिपोर्ट – दक्षिण एशिया HEADLINE CLIMATE STATEMENTS AFGHANISTAN IRAN CHINA PAKISTAN NEPAL BHUTAN INDIA BANGLADESH दक्षिण एशिया के अधिकांश हिस्सों में 1980 से 2015 के दौरान प्रति दशक लगभग 0.1 से 0.2°C की तापमान वृद्धि हुई है, जबकि पाकिस्तान और अफगानिस्तान में प्रति

• 02427 South Asia climate infographic-BANGLA

  মধ ্যও দ ক ্ষ িণএশিয়ার জলবায় ু সংক্র া ন ্তঝু ঁ কির র িপোর ্ট- দ ক ্ষ িণএশিয়া HEADLINE CLIMATE STATEMENTS AFGHANISTAN IRAN CHINA PAKISTAN NEPAL BHUTAN INDIA BANGLADESH 1980 থেকে 2015 সালের মধ্যে দক্ষিণ এশিয়ার বেশিরভাগ অংশের তাপমাত্রা প্রতি দশকে প্রায় 0.1 থেকে 0.2 ডিগ্রি সেলসিয়াস বৃদ্ধি

• 02427 Central Asia climate infographic-RUSSIAN

  Отчет о климатических рисках для Центральной и Южной Азии: Центральная Азия HEADLINE CLIMATE STATEMENTS RUSSIA Aral Sea KAZAKHSTAN В Центральной Азии каждые десять лет наблюдалось потепление примерно на 0,3-0,4 °C в период с 1980 по 2015 год. К 2050-м годам* в случае реализации сценария с самым

• Building resilience to a changing climate across the Commonwealth

  The Met Office is helping develop weather forecasting capability and specialist climate change services for Commonwealth countries following the announcement of two new projects aimed at improving weather and climate resilience.

  The Met Office has been at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in London this week (16th - 20th) demonstrating our position as a global partner of choice for weather and climate services. Throughout the week, the Met Office has been showcasing our work across the Commonwealth