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Record hot to record cold in a July of extremes

Posted on 3 August, 2015 by Met Office Press Office

While this year’s July may not have broken any monthly records – it was book-ended with some localised daily records at both extremes of the temperature spectrum. The month started with the highest recorded July temperature in our UK climate … Continue reading →

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Has there been a recent increase in UK weather records?

Posted on 17 December, 2014 by Met Office Press Office

There have been a striking number of temperature and rainfall records broken in recent years, according to an analysis by the Met Office which is published in the journal Weather. The paper examines whether recent decades have seen an unusually … Continue reading →

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