Tag Archives: Met Office National Climate Information Centre

Is the glossy ibis about to spread its wings to colonise the UK?

Posted on 28 April, 2022 by Met Office Press Office

A range of climate factors are in alignment that could help the UK make wildlife history this spring and summer. Extremely dry conditions in southern Iberia and a relatively higher mean winter temperature over the UK has encouraged large number … Continue reading →

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Records broken as temperate end to March offsets earlier cold spell

Posted on 1 April, 2021 by Met Office Press Office

March 2021’s overall provisional climate statistics show a 0.9°C average temperature increase from 1981-2010 national averages for the month, as some high temperatures during the latter part of the month saw several stations break their existing records for their warmest March day.   Particularly low temperatures started the month for large parts of the … Continue reading →

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What kind of temperature swings are ‘normal’ in UK spring?

Posted on 31 March, 2021 by Met Office Press Office

With forecasters predicting a marked shift in temperatures in the coming days, here we take a look at how commonplace temperature fluctuations are during a typical UK spring. It’s certainly not uncommon for spring in the UK to see big … Continue reading →

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Coldest January since 2010, but not exceptional by historical standards

Posted on 1 February, 2021 by Met Office Press Office

January, with an average temperature of 2.2 °C, has been the coldest January across the UK since 2010. In that year the average UK January temperature was 0.9 °C; the coldest January on record was 1963 with a mean temperature … Continue reading →

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Spring 2020: the sunniest on record in the UK

Posted on 29 May, 2020 by Met Office Press Office

The UK has recorded the sunniest spring since records began in 1929. Since that time there have been only nine UK springs recording more than 500 hours of sunshine, with the previous sunniest being 555.3 hours in 1948. However, up … Continue reading →

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The jet stream casts its shadow over the UK during October

Posted on 4 November, 2019 by Met Office Press Office

October was an unsettled month, with frequent low-pressure systems influencing the weather of the UK, especially the south. The most notable influence on the month’s weather was the more southerly track of the jet stream when compared with an average October. This … Continue reading →

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The weather has given us all a dry January

Posted on 2 February, 2017 by Met Office Press Office

The UK has had its own Dry January, as most parts have experienced lower than average rainfall during the month. Provisional January 2017 data Mean temp (°C) Sunshine (hours) Rainfall (mm)   Actual Diff to avg Actual % of avg … Continue reading →

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Topsy-turvy spell for the first month of Spring

Posted on 31 March, 2016 by Met Office Press Office

Provisional figures up until 28 March show that most of England has had a wetter than average March but parts of Scotland have been much drier than average. In this topsy-turvy set up, figures also show that the north of … Continue reading →

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Met Office rainfall records – how far do they go back and what can they tell us?

Posted on 14 February, 2014 by Met Office Press Office

As we have seen over recent weeks and months, observations for the UK are essential to put recent weather into context and to detect variations and possible long-term trends in UK climate. So, when the Met Office quotes “the wettest … Continue reading →

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