'Unprecedented' climate change facing UK with extreme temperatures here to stay
The report says record heat, drought and wildfire risks are becoming more common as the UK climate warms by 0.25C per decade.
- On Wednesday, the Met Office released a report confirming the United Kingdom's climate has shifted profoundly from 20th-century norms, with extreme weather events now becoming increasingly ordinary across the country.
- Britain's climate has warmed by about 0.25C per decade since the 1980s, culminating in 2025 being the hottest year recorded since 1884 according to the agency's data.
- During the May and June heatwaves, around 2,700 deaths occurred, with global warming contributing to about 42% of those fatalities, while Greater London now experiences more than four times as many days above 30C.
- Companies like Marks & Spencer and Eurostar are upgrading infrastructure to withstand extreme heat, with the retailer investing in equipment for up to 45C while the rail operator upgrades cooling to 55C.
- "We are right now living in a time of historic and unprecedented change," said Mike Kendon, the Met Office climate scientist, as policymakers face urgent pressure to improve resilience against increasingly volatile weather.
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UK’s climate has ‘fundamentally changed’, says Met Office report
The climate of the 20th century has now gone, scientists have declared, as a new report reveals that 2025 was the UK’s warmest year on record – the sixth time this century that record has been broken. The latest State of the UK Climate report, published by the Met Office and the Royal Meteorological Society, paints a stark picture of a nation whose weather patterns are being rapidly rewired by global heating. The last four years are all among th…
The warmest day of the year is now 4.5 degrees hotter than just a few decades ago in southeast England, the British Met Office notes. “This data shows that the climate of the 20th century is now gone.”
The warmest day of the year is now 4.5 degrees hotter than just a few decades ago in southeast England, the British Met Office notes. “This data shows that the climate of the 20th century is now gone.”
Britain Faces More Extreme Weather After 2025 Becomes Hottest Year on Record
Britain is entering an era where extreme weather is becoming increasingly common, according to climate scientists, after official data confirmed that 2025 was the hottest year ever recorded in the United Kingdom. The findings come from the latest State of the UK Climate report, published by the Met Office and climate researchers, which concluded that temperatures, heatwaves, heavy rainfall, and drought conditions are becoming more frequent and m…
UK’s 20th century climate ‘now gone’ amid warning extreme temperatures are new normal – UK Times
Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email The UK’s 20th-century climate is “now gone,” with what were once considered extreme conditions increasingly becoming the norm, according to a stark assessment from the Met Office. The annual “state of the UK climate” report for 2025, compiled by various expert organisations, pai…
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