Spring 2025 warmest and driest in UK for 50 years, Met Office says

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Spring 2025 warmest and driest in *** for 50 years, Met Office says

The *** has recorded its warmest spring on record and its driest in more than 50 years, provisional Met Office figures show.

It was also the sunniest spring on record for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and the second sunniest in England since the amount of hours of sunshine began to be recorded in 1910.

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, with the average temperature having increased by 1.8C since 1970.

Eight of the ten warmest *** springs have occurred since 2000, and the three warmest springs have all occurred since 2017, which the Met Office said is a sign of our changing climate.

All four *** nations recorded their warmest spring for mean temperature since it first began to be recorded in 1884, surpassing the previous record in 2024.

Even with the severe storms that battered a few parts of England, it was also the

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, with most of the *** – minus the north of Scotland – experiencing sunnier conditions than normal.

April saw the *** register a record number of hours of sunshine, and by mid-May the country was experiencing its driest spring in more than 100 years.

But

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at the end of the month averted what could have been the driest spring on record.

It still ended up being the driest spring since 1974 – and the sixth driest on record for the *** as a whole – with the country receiving only just over half the expected rainfall.

June now looks set to continue that pattern, with the Met Office predicting that the *** is likely to experience

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According to its most recent three-month

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, the meteorological summer – which runs from 1 June to 31 August – is twice as likely to be hotter than normal in 2025.

There’s no indication that any particular weather pattern will drive the warmth, but the Met Office said the warming is being largely brought about

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Met Office scientist Emily Carlisle said: “The ***’s climate continues to change.

“This spring shows some of the changes we’re seeing in our weather patterns, with more extreme conditions, including prolonged dry, sunny weather, becoming more frequent.”

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