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  Climate trends and risks in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region Current climate for zones in the MENA region Future climate risks by the 2050s in the MENA region Food security by 2050s Water security by 2050s Atlantic Ocean Mediterranean Sea Shorter growing seasons in many areas

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  North Sea. Much of eastern England receives less than 700mm of rainfall per year and includes the driest areas of the UK. Average rainfall amounts are spread relatively evenly across the seasons due to the region’s distance away from Atlantic depressions, combined with higher rates of summer

• Weird weather: Nine unusual phenomena explained 

  the ground, causing it to collect additional layers in much the same way as a snowball made by hand.  Their formation requires a thin layer of wet, loose snow over a surface to which it will not stick, such as ice or powder snow. The wind must be strong enough to move the snow but not strong enough

• The unbelievable May that had everyone talking

  : Press Office Tue 17 Sep 2024 “I’m not sure anyone believes you, it was a very cold month”, “My heating was on all month”. Just two examples of the replies to our statistics release that May 2024 was the warmest on record for UK mean temperature in a series dating back to 1884. In a month that was wet

• Record-Breaking El Niño Surpasses Previous Benchmarks

  for the UK?  Although the UK is thousands of miles from the tropical Pacific, El Niño can influence weather patterns across Europe through remote atmospheric connections.  As the event approaches its winter peak, there is an increased likelihood of wetter and stormier conditions across north-west Europe

• ukcp18-soil-moisture-factsheet-november-2025pdf

  are few, so we use proxy observations (see ‘What do the projections show in recent climate?’ for more details). In the recent climate (1980-2000), the Global PPE-15 and Regional RCM-12 models agree well with the proxy observations in terms of duration and magnitude of the summer dry season, but show

• This summer will ‘almost certainly’ be warmest on record for the UK

     So far this summer, rainfall is tracking below average, with 72% of the of the whole summer’s long-term average recorded. At this point in the season, you’d expect 93%. There is of course much regional variation, with central, southern and eastern parts of England and Wales so far especially dry

• Compounding climate challenges for UK businesses

  events. Recent hot summers have seen multiple wildfire incidents affecting forestry, agriculture, and recreational lands.   “What we’re seeing is a concerning shift in UK wildfire patterns,” explains Stacey New, Met Office Senior Scientist. “The UK’s annual wildfire season has lengthened over the past

• Storm Antoni to bring wind and rain

  will still see a very wet day, especially in north Wales and north England. “Storm Antoni will also bring strong winds to a swathe of Wales, southwest England and southern coastal areas of England. The strongest winds will affect parts southwest England and southwest Wales where exposed coasts and high

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  exceptionally wet and windy weather to the UK, particularly south Wales and south-west England. A few days later, the third named storm of the season, Storm Conall, brushed along the southern coast of England, bringing heavy rainfall. Although November started with mild temperatures, cold spells