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Irish Times
3 hours ago
- Climate
- Irish Times
Spring 2025 was warmest and driest on record, Met Éireann says
The spring of 2025 was Ireland's warmest and sunniest since records began 126 years ago. An average temperature of 10.62 degrees was recorded across the State, a full 1.5 degrees above the long-term average for the years between 1991 and 2020. The previous warmest spring was recorded in 1945. Out of the 25 official Met Éireann weather stations, 23 recorded their warmest spring. Dunsany in Co Meath had its second warmest and Dublin Airport had its joint third warmest. Four stations – Oak Park, Co Carlow, Moore Park, Co Cork, Athenry, Co Galway and Casement, Co Dublin – have now had their warmest spring on record for three consecutive years, with two other stations, Roches Point, Co Cork and Markree, Co Sligo, having their warmest spring for two consecutive years. READ MORE The meteorological spring months of March, April and May were characterised by long periods of a blocking high-pressure zone which brought a lot of sunshine. This, along with predominantly easterly winds due to the high-pressure systems often setting up just to the north of Ireland and the UK, led to sea surface temperatures to the south and west of Ireland reaching record highs during April and May. Spring temperatures ranged from 1.1 degrees above normal at Dublin Airport to 2.2 degrees above normal at Newport, Co Mayo. The season's highest temperature, 25.9 degrees, was recorded at Athenry on April 30th. High pressure and clear skies led to all but one weather station in the State having record amounts of spring sunshine, with the exception of Valentia Observatory in Co Kerry, which had its second-sunniest spring on record. Many places experienced droughts during the spring, with 20 stations having dry spells from April 26th to May 22nd. Eleven stations had absolute droughts – a period of 15 or more consecutive days with less than 0.2mm rain on each - between April 26th and May 22nd. The percentage of monthly rainfall values ranged from 31 per cent at Roches Point, Co Cork to 104 per cent at Finner, Co Donegal.
The Independent
3 days ago
- Business
- The Independent
Record-breaking spring weather: How the UK nations compare
All four UK nations saw their warmest spring on record this year, but experienced different levels of rainfall and sunshine. Here the PA news agency looks at how the nations compare, using the latest data from the Met Office. – England Just 75.8mm of rain fell in England across March, April and May this year, making it the second driest spring on record, behind only 1893 (65.7mm rain). It is a stark contrast with last year, when England experienced 263.7mm rain over these three months – enough to make it the fifth wettest spring on record. England saw 221.1mm in the first five months of the year, the lowest total for this period since 1976 (212.4mm). Met Office rainfall data begins in 1836. The mean temperature in England this spring was 10.23C, the warmest on record and just ahead of the previous record of 10.21C which was set only last year. Eight of England's top 10 warmest springs have all occurred since 2000, four of them in the past six years. Met Office temperature data begins in 1884. It was the second sunniest spring on record for England, with 691.6 hours of sunshine across the three months – just behind the record of 692.6 hours set in 2020. Met Office sunshine data starts in 1910. – Scotland An average of 204.1mm rain fell in Scotland this spring, comfortably outside the top 10 driest on record (ranking in 22nd place) and well above the all-time driest (108.4mm in 1852). It was the driest spring in Scotland since 2001. Scotland saw 396.9mm rain in the first five months of 2025, the lowest total for this period since 2001. The mean temperature in Scotland this spring was 8.23C, the warmest on record. The previous record was 7.97C in 2024. As with England, eight of Scotland's top 10 warmest springs have occurred since 2000. It was the sunniest spring on record for Scotland, with 593.7 hours across the three months. The previous record was 520.4C in 2020. – Wales Wales saw its sixth driest spring on record this year, with 145.8mm rain. It was the driest spring since 1990. The lowest spring rainfall recorded for Wales was 110.5mm in 1893. Total rainfall in Wales in 2025 to the end of May is 382.8mm, the lowest for the first five months of the year since 2010. The mean temperature in Wales this spring was 9.69C, the warmest on record. The previous record was 9.66C in 1893, with 2024 (9.43C) now in third place. As with England and Scotland, eight of Wales' top 10 warmest springs have been since 2000. It was the sunniest spring on record for Wales, with 660.4 hours across the three months, ahead of the previous record of 647.1 hours in 2020. – Northern Ireland An average of 168.6mm rain fell in Northern Ireland this spring, just inside the top 40 lowest totals on record. The driest spring on record here was in 1837, when just 98.3mm rain was measured. Total rainfall in Northern Ireland in 2025 to the end of May is 315.2mm, the lowest for this period since 1987. The mean temperature this spring was 9.78C, the warmest on record. The previous record was 9.42C in 1893, with 2024 (9.28C) in third place. Eight of Northern Ireland's top 10 warmest springs have occurred since 2000. This includes 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. It was the sunniest spring on record for Northern Ireland, with 614.3 hours across the three months, beating the previous record of 559.0 hours in 2020.
Sky News
3 days ago
- Climate
- Sky News
UK has warmest spring on record, Met Office says
The UK has had its warmest spring on record - and its driest for 50 years, the Met Office has said. Provisional figures showed spring temperatures surpassed the long-term average by 1.4C - with a mean temperature of 9.5C (49.1F). That beat the previous warmest spring recorded in 2024. Temperature records were broken in all four nations in the UK - with 1.64C above the long-term average in Northern Ireland, 1.56C above average in Scotland, 1.39C in Wales and 1.35C in England. In records dating back to 1884, the Met Office said eight of the 10 warmest springs had occurred since 2000 - and the three warmest had been since 2017, in a sign of the changing climate. Last week, the Met Office revealed the UK had recorded its sunniest spring on record - with 630 hours of sunshine from 1 March to 27 May, beating 2020's record by four hours. In an update on Monday, the weather forecaster said there had been a total of 653.3 hours of sunshine in March, April and May - 43% above average, and sunnier than all springs since records began in 1910. "To put this into context, Spring 2025 is now the fourth sunniest season overall for the UK, with only three summers sunnier since 1910," it added. 0:55 Conditions were also incredibly dry with an average of 128.2mm of rain falling in the UK across March, April and May - the lowest spring total since 1974, which saw 123.2mm. Met Office scientist Emily Carlisle said "the UK's climate continues to change". "This spring shows some of the changes we're seeing in our weather patterns, with more extreme conditions, including prolonged dry, sunny weather, becoming more frequent," she said. "The data clearly shows that recent decades have been warmer, sunnier, and often drier than the 20th century average, although natural variation will continue to play a role in the UK's weather."
Sky News
3 days ago
- Climate
- Sky News
UK records warmest spring on record, Met Office says
The UK has recorded its warmest spring on record - and its driest for 50 years, the Met Office has said. Provisional figures showed spring temperatures surpassed the long-term average by 1.4C - with a mean temperature of 9.5C (49.1F). That beat the previous warmest spring recorded in 2024. Temperature records were broken in all four nations in the UK - with 1.64C above the long-term average in Northern Ireland, 1.56C above average in Scotland, 1.39C in Wales and 1.35C in England. In records dating back to 1884, the Met Office said eight of the 10 warmest springs had occurred since 2000 - and the three warmest had been since 2017, in a sign of the changing climate. Find out the forecast for your area Last week, the Met Office revealed the UK had recorded its sunniest spring on record - with 630 hours of sunshine from 1 March to 27 May, beating 2020's record by four hours. In an update on Monday, the weather forecaster said there had been a total of 653.3 hours of sunshine in March, April and May - 43% above average, and sunnier than all springs since records began in 1910. "To put this into context, Spring 2025 is now the fourth sunniest season overall for the UK, with only three summers sunnier since 1910," it added. 0:55 Conditions were also incredibly dry with an average of 128.2mm of rain falling in the UK across March, April and May - the lowest spring total since 1974, which saw 123.2mm. Met Office scientist Emily Carlisle said "the UK's climate continues to change". "This spring shows some of the changes we're seeing in our weather patterns, with more extreme conditions, including prolonged dry, sunny weather, becoming more frequent," she said. "The data clearly shows that recent decades have been warmer, sunnier, and often drier than the 20th century average, although natural variation will continue to play a role in the UK's weather."
BBC News
3 days ago
- Climate
- BBC News
Spring 2025 warmest and driest in UK for 50 years, Met Office says
The UK has recorded its warmest spring on record and its driest in more than 50 years, provisional Met Office figures was also the sunniest spring on record for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and the second sunniest in England since the amount of hours of sunshine began to be recorded in is the fastest-warming season in the UK, with the average temperature having increased by 1.8C since of the ten warmest UK springs have occurred since 2000, and the three warmest springs have all occurred since 2017, which the Met Office said is a sign of our changing climate. All four UK nations recorded their warmest spring for mean temperature since it first began to be recorded in 1884, surpassing the previous record in with the severe storms that battered a few parts of England, it was also the driest March on record, with most of the UK - minus the north of Scotland - experiencing sunnier conditions than saw the UK register a record number of hours of sunshine, and by mid-May the country was experiencing its driest spring in more than 100 years. But a wetter and windier change in weather at the end of the month averted what could have been the driest-ever spring on still ended up being the driest spring since 1974 - and the sixth driest on record for the UK as a whole - with the country receiving only just over half the expected now looks set to continue that pattern, with the Met Office predicting that the UK is likely to experience a hotter-than-normal summer with an increased chance for to its most recent three-month outlook, the meteorological summer - which runs from 1 June to 31 August - is twice as likely to be hotter than normal in no indication that any particular weather pattern will drive the warmth, but the Met Office said the warming is being largely brought about by human-induced climate Office scientist Emily Carlisle said: "The UK's climate continues to change."This spring shows some of the changes we're seeing in our weather patterns, with more extreme conditions, including prolonged dry, sunny weather, becoming more frequent."
