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Britain has officially recorded its sunniest spring on record, with 630 hours of sunshine clocked up across the country between March 1 and May 27, according to provisional figures from the Met Office. This beats the previous record of 626 hours set in 2020.Met Office scientist Emily Carlisle said: "We all remember the exceptionally sunny spring of 2020, but that title has now been surpassed by the spring of 2025."It […]

A "flaming June" tropical blast is about to give wind and rain the heave-ho as summer arrives to possible 30C heat.Britain could be just 10 days from waving goodbye to torrential rain, thundery and chilly northerly winds.Southern regions will be the first to watch the mercury soar as soon as next week, according to experts.Jim Dale, meteorologist for British Weather Services, said: “After this week, the warm weather could come […]

A raging jet stream will smash Britain with ‘one-after-another’ bouts of rain ending spring on a chilly damp squib.Sun-hungry Britons will have to wait at least another week to ditch the brollies as June kicks off to a soggy start.A powerful jet stream steaming across the Atlantic will pull in areas of low pressure more typical of autumn than the start of summer.Met Office meteorologist Marco Petagna said: “We have […]

Summer could be delayed by a week with five more days of rain to washout the end of spring.The Atlantic will continue to hurl stormy weather systems at the UK possibly until after the first week of June.Much of this week, including the Bank Holiday and half term, will be chilly, wet, and occasionally windy.Met Office meteorologist Honor Criswick said: “Overall, for the Bank-holiday weekend, it is going to be […]

Summer’s arrival will be drenched in a deluge of torrential rain and gales as stormy weather crashes in from America.Temperatures will fall in parts of Britain as chilly Arctic winds put some exposed regions at risk of frosts.The dramatic U-turn will come as cyclonic low-pressure systems carried on the jet stream hurtle in from the Atlantic.An almost immovable high-pressure dome, wedged over Britain for weeks, will finally crack as the […]

The UK is on course for its driest spring in over a century, with farmers across Britain anxiously awaiting rainfall.April 2025 was the sunniest on record, contributing to increasingly difficult conditions for the agricultural sector.The National Farmers' Union (NFU) has expressed serious concerns to GB News during this crucial growing period.Farmers nationwide are holding their breath as the country experiences what could be the driest spring in a century, coming […]

A double-tailed cold front about to scour Britain will usher Polar winds and plummeting temperatures for the start of summer.Foul weather is set to dig in through the end of May as the long, dry spring gives way to rain, gales and gloomy skies.Long-absent low pressure from the Atlantic will drag a pair of chilly cold fronts which threaten to send the mercury into freefall.Rather than steaming in from the […]

Britons are facing a tornado warning amid heavy rain, thunder and lightning following the driest start to spring in nearly six decades.The Met Office has warned that a funnel cloud or brief tornado could hit southeast England on Wednesday.Meanwhile, northern parts of the UK are enjoying fine, sunny weather.Met Office meteorologist Alex Burkill said it was "not out of the question that we could see a funnel cloud, maybe even […]

A three-pronged summer deluge will kick-half term with a barrage of gale-swept electric downpours.Britain’s weather is about to tumble downhill, starting gently before gathering pace to an assault of torrential downpours.Scotland and northwestern regions are first in the firing line for showers before a ‘huge shift’ dumps inches of rain.Jim Dale, meteorologist for British Weather Services, said: “The weather is going to change in three stages, starting in the northwest […]