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Daily Mirror
an hour ago
- Climate
- Daily Mirror
Met Office warns Brits twice as likely to get heatwave scorcher this summer
Brits could be set to swelter this summer with Met Office forecasters claiming the country could see rocketing temperatures due in part to the "background warming of the UK climate" The Met Office has warned Brits will be twice as likely to experience a scorching heatwave this summer. Forecasters also warned about an increased risk of heatwaves as we enter meteorological summer. The prediction comes after the country experienced its sunniest spring on record with an estimated 630 hours of sunshine recorded across the country between March 1 and May 27, marking it as one of the "driest" for more than a century. On May 31, temperatures surged to 8C higher than the average for this time of year. The rocketing temperatures could be a sign of the scorcher to come in the summer. The Met Office said in its three-month outlook that the odds of a scorcher summer are higher than usual and bring an increased risk of heatwaves and the heat-related impacts that come along with it. The Met office said the increased likelihood of a hot summer is "largely being driven by the background warming of the UK climate." The forecast said there is a 2.3 times normal chance the summer will be hotter than average. It added there was a 45 per cent likelihood of this and that there was a 30 per cent chance it would be wetter than average. This meteorological summer, which kicked off on June 1 and ends on August 31, could see average temperatures across the UK ranging from between 10 to 17C with the south east of England experiencing higher averages of 16 to 17C. The three-month outlook suggested that Brits could wind speeds across the UK will remain on the average mark. While the latest outlook offers a long-range forecast, it does not offer any individual daily predictions. A Met Office spokesperson said: "While the current three-month outlook shows an increased chance of a hot summer, the temperature signals for this summer are similar to those for recent years and consistent with our warming climate. "The increased chance of hotter than average temperatures is not a guarantee of prolonged hot weather or heatwaves, but it does mean that heatwave conditions could be reached at times." The Met Office added: "However, it's important to bear in mind that an increased chance of hot conditions could also reflect a mix of hot and cool days, warm nights, or less extreme levels of warmth rather than continual heatwave conditions specifically." The Met Office has a clear definition for a heatwave, describing it as "an extended period of hot weather relative to the expected conditions of the area at the time of year, which may be accompanied by high humidity." A region typically needs three days of daily maximum temperatures to reach or go beyond the heatwave temperature. "Heatwaves are most common in summer when high pressure develops across an area," the Met Office said in its heatwave explainer. "High pressure systems are slow moving and can persist over an area for a prolonged period of time, such as days or weeks. They can occur in the UK due to the location of the jet stream, which is usually to the north of the UK in the summer. This can allow high pressure to develop over the UK resulting in persistent dry and settled weather."
Time of India
3 days ago
- Climate
- Time of India
Discomfort spike as deep depression moves to B'desh
Kolkata: While spells of rain and a gloomy sky through Thursday kept the city cool, the discomfort level rose on Friday with the city remaining mostly dry. The deep depression that brought rain to the city and other districts is now over north Bangladesh and adjoining Meghalaya. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Since the system has moved away from the city, it will not have any more impact on Kolkata and south Bengal. The mercury on Friday remained below the normal mark, but the sun and high humidity made the real feel as high as 11 notches above the actual temperature during the day. The Met office has predicted hotter days ahead due to the diminishing chance of rain. Around the time when the city recorded a maximum temperature of 32 degrees Celsius on Friday, 3.1 notches below the normal mark, the feel-like temperature went up as high as 43 degrees. In addition to the absence of rain, the maximum and minimum relative humidity were also at a high of 97% and 76%, respectively. "Even as the city might get some scattered showers till Saturday, chances of such showers are very less from Sunday onwards, and hence the mercury will now gradually scale up by three to five degrees during the next four to five days," said Meteorologist H R Biswas, head of weather forecast section at the RMC, Kolkata. The Met office had pinned hope on the system to accelerate monsoon arrival in Kolkata and the rest of south Bengal. Met officials said that if the system sustained and hovered close to the city for a longer period, it could have propelled the monsoon's arrival in two to three days. But strong wind shear drifted the cloud columns away as they moved to Bangladesh and north-eastern states. "As of now, there is no possible advancement of the monsoon in south Bengal, at least in the next five to six days," said Biswas. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The May rain count in Kolkata till Friday, which totals 178.1 mm, has exceeded mean monthly count of 133.1 mm. In May 2024, the city got 500.7 mm rainfall, with 152.7 mm showers on a single day during Cyclone Remal. This May, the highest single-day rain count was 37.2 mm.
Gulf Today
4 days ago
- Climate
- Gulf Today
Britain records sunniest spring in over a century
The UK had its sunniest spring since records began, the Met Office said after weeks of above-average temperatures and dry weather in the country known for its rainy days. With 630 hours of sunshine between March 1 and May 27, 2025 was the sunniest spring since 1910, the Met office said. It beat the previous record set in 2020 by four hours — with four days of the season still remaining. "It has indeed been an extremely sunny and dry spring for the majority," said Met Office scientist Emily Carlisle. "But with a few days left of the season and more unsettled weather this week, it's too early to say what will happen with other records." Other statistics, including for rainfall, are due to be published next week. It has been a spring of records, as Britain logged its hottest ever May Day with temperatures soaring to 29.3 degrees Celsius (84.7 degrees Fahrenheit), after recording its sunniest ever April. England also saw its driest start to spring in 69 years according to the government's environment agency, raising fears of drought and stunted crops among farmers. Earlier this month, the Environment Agency called a meeting of its national drought group after it said levels in reservoirs were "exceptionally low." Seven out of the 10 sunniest springs on record in the UK took place after 2000, according to the Met Office. However in the spring of 2024, the country saw just 377 hours of sunshine, making it one of the dreariest on record. Scientists warn that extreme and fluctuating weather events are becoming increasingly common as planet-heating fossil fuel emissions keep rising. Agence France-Presse
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Climate
- Yahoo
UK records sunniest spring in over a century
The UK had its sunniest spring since records began, the Met Office said on Wednesday after weeks of above-average temperatures and dry weather in the country known for its rainy days. With 630 hours of sunshine between March 1 and May 27, 2025 was the sunniest spring since 1910, the Met office said. It beat the previous record set in 2020 by four hours -- with four days of the season still remaining. "It has indeed been an extremely sunny and dry spring for the majority," said Met Office scientist Emily Carlisle. "But with a few days left of the season and more unsettled weather this week, it's too early to say what will happen with other records." Other statistics, including for rainfall, are due to be published next week. It has been a spring of records, as Britain logged its hottest ever May Day with temperatures soaring to 29.3 degrees Celsius (84.7 degrees Fahrenheit), after recording its sunniest ever April. England also saw its driest start to spring in 69 years according to the government's environment agency, raising fears of drought and stunted crops among farmers. Earlier this month, the Environment Agency called a meeting of its national drought group after it said levels in reservoirs were "exceptionally low". Seven out of the 10 sunniest springs on record in the UK took place after 2000, according to the Met Office. However in the spring of 2024, the country saw just 377 hours of sunshine, making it one of the dreariest on record. Scientists warn that extreme and fluctuating weather events are becoming increasingly common as planet-heating fossil fuel emissions keep rising. aks/jkb/yad
France 24
5 days ago
- Climate
- France 24
UK records sunniest spring in over a century
With 630 hours of sunshine between March 1 and May 27, 2025 was the sunniest spring since 1910, the Met office said. It beat the previous record set in 2020 by four hours -- with four days of the season still remaining. "It has indeed been an extremely sunny and dry spring for the majority," said Met Office scientist Emily Carlisle. "But with a few days left of the season and more unsettled weather this week, it's too early to say what will happen with other records." Other statistics, including for rainfall, are due to be published next week. It has been a spring of records, as Britain logged its hottest ever May Day with temperatures soaring to 29.3 degrees Celsius (84.7 degrees Fahrenheit), after recording its sunniest ever April. England also saw its driest start to spring in 69 years according to the government's environment agency, raising fears of drought and stunted crops among farmers. Earlier this month, the Environment Agency called a meeting of its national drought group after it said levels in reservoirs were "exceptionally low". Seven out of the 10 sunniest springs on record in the UK took place after 2000, according to the Met Office. However in the spring of 2024, the country saw just 377 hours of sunshine, making it one of the dreariest on record. Scientists warn that extreme and fluctuating weather events are becoming increasingly common as planet-heating fossil fuel emissions keep rising.
