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performance. From heavy rainfall and flooding to autumn leaf-fall and extreme heat, adverse conditions can disrupt services, damage infrastructure, and pose safety risks. Poor adhesion, caused by wet or leaf-covered tracks, is a significant issue, costing the rail industry and wider society an estimated

drier pattern to begin the period Author: Met Office 5 March 2026 After what has been a particularly wet and cloudy start to the year for many, the next 10 days offer a marked shift toward more settled conditions. High pressure becomes the dominant feature for much of the period, limiting

supply, to transport and to food supply. Decisions on a range of timescales We don’t just care about the weather tomorrow, but we care about the weather next season, and the weather further into the future. We know climate change will bring hotter drier summers, and warmer wetter winters, and more

explore this data using our interactive graph below. Rainfall extremes: intense downpours and very wet days April can be a showery month, but it can also produce prolonged or intense rainfall events. The UK’s highest April daily rainfall total is 181.6mm at Seathwaite (Cumbria) on 22 April 1970

how temperature fluctuations, shifting rainfall patterns, and rising sea levels are affecting species and ecosystems across the UK. Impacts on species behaviour One area of focus has been the impact of changing weather on species behaviour. For example, in Northern Ireland, warmer and wetter

for the time of year, with highs in the upper teens and possibly low twenties in the east before the showery rain arrives. It may feel cooler, especially as breezes pick up along the south coast at times. Midweek: wet and windy for many Wednesday marks the return to school for many, and it could

weather: Storm Amy brings unsettled conditions Author: Press Office 3 October 2025 As we head into the first weekend of October, all eyes are on Storm Amy, the first named storm of the 2025-2026 season. The Met Office is closely monitoring this developing system, which is set to bring a spell of very

dependent countries 8 of the world. Every socio-economic sector of the country depends on weather and climate. For instance, high yields are common during wet Kiremt season whereas very low harvest is observed during dry Kiremt. The same is true for the shorter rainy season which is locally called 'Belg

the infamous snowy / windy / cold / sunny winter of 2016-17? I just hoped it wouldn’t be another wet winter. Winter 2015-16 was the second wettest on record; 2013-14 was the wettest in a series extending back to 1910. Those seasons were dominated by a powerful jet stream over the Atlantic, spawning

the minutes from the previous meeting and if members were content with that record. No participants raised any point so the minutes were cleared. Item 4: Review of Weather and Warnings WL provided a summary update of the main weather events from the winter season which had been generally mild overall but wet