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January 3, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Extra layers are a must out there ❄️
December 2025 concluded with just over average rainfall, warmer than average temperatures and above average sunshine for the UK.
Read the full details in our Press Release here:
Read the full details in our Press Release here:
2025 is double-record breaker: UK’s warmest and sunniest year on record
2025 has broken historical climate records, with provisional Met Office figures showing it has been both the warmest and sunniest year on record for the UK.
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January 2, 2026 at 3:54 PM
December 2025 concluded with just over average rainfall, warmer than average temperatures and above average sunshine for the UK.
Read the full details in our Press Release here:
Read the full details in our Press Release here:
The below graph shows just how exceptional this spring’s sunshine was.
January 2, 2026 at 3:54 PM
The below graph shows just how exceptional this spring’s sunshine was.
The UK recorded 1648.5 hours of sunshine across the year, surpassing the previous sunniest year set in 2003 by 61.4 hours, in a series which dates back to 1910.
England had its sunniest year on record, with Wales and Scotland their second, and Northern Ireland its eighth.
England had its sunniest year on record, with Wales and Scotland their second, and Northern Ireland its eighth.
January 2, 2026 at 3:54 PM
The UK recorded 1648.5 hours of sunshine across the year, surpassing the previous sunniest year set in 2003 by 61.4 hours, in a series which dates back to 1910.
England had its sunniest year on record, with Wales and Scotland their second, and Northern Ireland its eighth.
England had its sunniest year on record, with Wales and Scotland their second, and Northern Ireland its eighth.
The first five months of 2025 saw below average rainfall, and only four months of the year saw rainfall above average.
The below shows daily rainfall amounts across the UK for 2025 against the 1991-2020 averaging period. It shows Storm Amy on 3 October as the wettest day of the year.
The below shows daily rainfall amounts across the UK for 2025 against the 1991-2020 averaging period. It shows Storm Amy on 3 October as the wettest day of the year.
January 2, 2026 at 3:54 PM
The first five months of 2025 saw below average rainfall, and only four months of the year saw rainfall above average.
The below shows daily rainfall amounts across the UK for 2025 against the 1991-2020 averaging period. It shows Storm Amy on 3 October as the wettest day of the year.
The below shows daily rainfall amounts across the UK for 2025 against the 1991-2020 averaging period. It shows Storm Amy on 3 October as the wettest day of the year.
This has been underpinned by a rapid attribution study which shows that human-induced climate change has made the UK’s record-breaking annual temperature of 2025 approximately 260 times more likely.
January 2, 2026 at 3:54 PM
This has been underpinned by a rapid attribution study which shows that human-induced climate change has made the UK’s record-breaking annual temperature of 2025 approximately 260 times more likely.
2025 joins 2022 and 2023 in the top 3 warmest years since 1884.
Head of climate attribution, Dr Mark McCarthy:
“We’re increasingly seeing UK temperatures break new ground in our changing climate, as demonstrated by a new highest UK mean temperature record just three years after the last record.
Head of climate attribution, Dr Mark McCarthy:
“We’re increasingly seeing UK temperatures break new ground in our changing climate, as demonstrated by a new highest UK mean temperature record just three years after the last record.
January 2, 2026 at 3:54 PM
2025 joins 2022 and 2023 in the top 3 warmest years since 1884.
Head of climate attribution, Dr Mark McCarthy:
“We’re increasingly seeing UK temperatures break new ground in our changing climate, as demonstrated by a new highest UK mean temperature record just three years after the last record.
Head of climate attribution, Dr Mark McCarthy:
“We’re increasingly seeing UK temperatures break new ground in our changing climate, as demonstrated by a new highest UK mean temperature record just three years after the last record.