Tag Archives: Environment Agency

Researchers point the way to managing climate change risks

Posted on 9 May, 2023 by Met Office Press Office

The consequences of climate change are many and varied. However, most of them bring considerable risk to communities and ecosystems. Up until now climate scientists across the globe have largely focussed attention on those events most likely to happen, such … Continue reading →

Posted in Met Office News | Tagged atlantic meridional overturning circulation, climate change, climate science, Environment Agency, Ice sheet, Met Office, University College London, University of Exeter, university of reading | Leave a comment

Record-breaking rainfall

Posted on 4 March, 2020 by Met Office Press Office

Those interested in the UK’s climate records have only had to wait two months of the new decade for a significant new rainfall record to be set. February 2020 set a new UK record for February rainfall in a series … Continue reading →

Posted in Met Office News | Tagged climate, climate change, climate science, Environment Agency, flooding, heavy rain, Jet stream, Met Office, Nations Flooding Resilience Review, rainfall | Comments Off

The summer so far

Posted on 17 July, 2018 by Met Office Press Office

As we are all aware this summer has been hot and dry so far and there has been much speculation comparing the season so far to record-breaking summers of the past. But has it been as hot and dry as … Continue reading →

Posted in Met Office News | Tagged dry, England, Environment Agency, forecast, heatwave, rainfall, record, Scotland, statistics, summer, temperature, UK, weather forecasting | 1 Comment

Mid-month February statistics on the 40th anniversary of blizzards

Posted on 16 February, 2018 by Met Office Press Office

It has been a cold and wet first half of February for many of us however there have been a few isolated milder days and plenty of sunshine between the bands of rain. It’s been rather unsettled, with most of … Continue reading →

Posted in Met Office News | Tagged cold, England, Environment Agency, forecast, heavy rain, Met Office, National Severe Weather Warning Service, rain, rainfall, severe weather, snow, weather, weather forecast, Winter | 12 Comments

Dry start to January

Posted on 18 January, 2017 by Met Office Press Office

Provisional figures show it has been drier than average in most areas of the UK so far this month (January 1 – 15), with a few places receiving around 20% of the month’s average rainfall, primarily the east of both … Continue reading →

Posted in Met Office News | Tagged cold, dry, England, Environment Agency, forecast, heavy rain, Met Office, rain, rainfall, snow, Storm, temperature, weather, weather forecast, weather forecasting, wet, wind, Winter | 4 Comments

Storm Desmond – one year on

Posted on 5 December, 2016 by Met Office Press Office

Storm Desmond was the fourth named storm of the 2015/16 winter season. It brought severe gales with gusts of wind up to 81 mph together with record-breaking rainfall leading to flooding across parts of northern England. It was associated with … Continue reading →

Posted in Met Office News | Tagged climate change, England, Environment Agency, flooding, gales, heavy rain, Met Office, rain, rainfall, record, severe weather, Storm, storms, temperature, UK, weather, weather forecast, weather forecasting, wet, wind, Winter | 1 Comment

What’s happening to the weather around the globe?

Posted on 14 October, 2016 by Met Office Press Office

Europe (not including the UK) Heavy rain and thunderstorms continue to affect parts of the northern Mediterranean today. Southern France and northwest Italy could see another 50-150mm of rain, following on from similar amounts yesterday (Thursday). “Red” warnings for heavy … Continue reading →

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Reporting the weather across the UK

Posted on 8 January, 2016 by Met Office Press Office

December 2015 was the wettest calendar month for the UK in a series of monthly weather records stretching back to 1910. But why does the Met Office state 1910 when listing records, especially when some records existed well before that … Continue reading →

Posted in Met Office News | Tagged Central England Temperature, climate change, England, England and Wales precipitaion series, Environment Agency, flood, flooding, forecast, global warming, heavy rain, Met Office, Met Office Hadley Centre, rain, rainfall, record, Scotland, statistics, UK, wet | 9 Comments

Record breaking December rainfall

Posted on 28 December, 2015 by Met Office Press Office

This is has already been a record breaking month for rainfall in some parts of the UK, with exceptional amounts of rain falling onto already saturated ground. The very wet Boxing Day in parts of north Wales and northwest England … Continue reading →

Posted in Met Office News | Tagged climate change, December 2015, Environment Agency, flood, flooding, forecast, gales, heavy rain, Jet stream, Met Office, National Severe Weather Warning Service, rain, rainfall, record, Scotland, severe weather, statistics, Storm, Storm Desmond, Storm Frank, storms, UK, weather, wet, wind | 6 Comments

December on track to be the mildest on record

Posted on 24 December, 2015 by Met Office Press Office

Mowing the lawn has been the reality for some so far this December, with unseasonably high temperatures. It looks as though the UK is on track to break the record for the warmest December since records began in 1910 and … Continue reading →

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