DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtremeWeather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExtremeWeather</span></a> is the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a>'s new normal, says Met Office</p><p>Justin Rowlatt, July 13, 2025</p><p>"The UK is breaking <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/heat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>heat</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/rainfall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rainfall</span></a> records increasingly frequently as its climate continues to warm, the Met Office has warned.</p><p>"The country's changing weather patterns mean the UK now experiences a 'notably different' climate to what it was just a few decades ago, its State of the UK Climate report says.</p><p>"We now have many more very hot days and many fewer extremely cold nights, according to this latest assessment.</p><p>"It shows just how much <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GlobalWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalWarming</span></a> caused by the vast emissions of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreenhouseGases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreenhouseGases</span></a> our civilisation creates is reshaping the country's climate.</p><p>"Climate change is bringing more <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SevereWeather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SevereWeather</span></a> events like <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/storms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>storms</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/flooding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flooding</span></a> - and inevitably the country's changing climate is having an impact on the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NaturalWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NaturalWorld</span></a>, with some species suffering.</p><p>"The report focuses on 2024, when the UK experienced its second-warmest February, warmest May, warmest spring, fifth-warmest December, and fifth-warmest winter since records began in 1884.</p><p>"The Met Office highlights that some of these records have already been surpassed in 2025 - more evidence of this trend towards more extreme weather.</p><p>"This summer many parts of the country are in the throes of their third heatwave with very warm weather reaching into <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wales</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NorthernIreland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NorthernIreland</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a> as well as southern <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/England" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>England</span></a>."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c74w1gyd7mko" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c74w1g</span><span class="invisible">yd7mko</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtremeWeather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExtremeWeather</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WetterWeather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WetterWeather</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Heatwaves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Heatwaves</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UKClimateDiary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKClimateDiary</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateDiary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateDiary</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateDiaryUK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateDiaryUK</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateDiaryScotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateDiaryScotland</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateDiaryWales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateDiaryWales</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateDiaryEngland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateDiaryEngland</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateDiaryIreland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateDiaryIreland</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChangeWeatherWheel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChangeWeatherWheel</span></a></p>