Global warming is rapidly increasing the number of hot summer days in the UK and intensifying heat waves, with an outside ...

In a study published in Weather , researchers estimated the current chances and characteristics of extreme hot episodes in the UK, and how they have ...

Adam Scaife of the Met Office Hadley Centre said the predictions by the UN agency, which gathers global, regional and national data sets, were “shocking” because they showed that years in ...

The chances are "exceptionally unlikely", probably no more than 1%, said Prof Adam Scaife from the Met Office Hadley Centre, who worked on the report.

A Met Office study warns that 40°C heatwaves are now 20 times more likely in the UK than in the 1960s. Southern England could ...

The Met Office said some areas could see "30 to 50 mm of rain in a couple of hours". Some may see some brighter conditions at times on Saturday but the Met Office says these will be "pretty limited".

Met Office Deputy Chief Meteorologist, Mike Silverstone, said: “As temperatures rise this week, it is possible heatwave thresholds could be reached in some parts of the UK, particularly the ...

The Met Office shared their forecast for the next month, predicting soaring temperatures and a potentially high, or even very high, pollen count. Over the next few days, weather remains changeable ...

Meanwhile, the Met Office’s three-month outlook shows it is 2.3 times more likely than normal that the UK will be hot over meteorological summer, which begins on 1 June and ends on 31 August.