
Extreme weather is UK’s ‘new normal’, says Met Office
Extremes of heat and rainfall are becoming the new normal in the UK, says the Met Office. Its State of the Climate report 2024..
The Met Office, until November 2000 officially the Meteorological Office, is the United Kingdom's national weather and climate service. It is an executive agency and trading fund of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and is led by CEO Penelope Endersby, who took on the role as Chief Executive in December 2018 and is the first woman to do so. The Met Office makes meteorological predictions across all timescales from weather forecasts to climate change.
Extremes of heat and rainfall are becoming the new normal in the UK, says the Met Office. Its State of the Climate report 2024..
The UK has experienced its sunniest spring on record, with four days of the season still to go. Some 630 hours of sunshine were..
Sunday will see possible highs of 31C before a slight dip that will bring a cooler change next week, the Met Office says.