State of the UK Climate
Annual publication which provides an up-to-date assessment of the UK climate
The 2022 report is published as a special issue of the International Journal of Climatology, which is the Royal Meteorological Society journal of climate science.
Latest report
- State of the UK Climate 2022 - published 27 July 2023
Highlights of the 2022 report
The report reviews the climate and significant meteorological events of the year. 2022 was a year of extremes and the report shows how in 2022, the UK experienced the knock-on effect of increasing global temperatures.
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The UK climate continues to change, but UK temperature extremes are changing much faster than average *based on 1960 to 2022 UK daily average maximum and minimum temperature
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2022 was a record warm year for the UK, made more likely by climate change
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In 2022, the UK received 6% below average rainfall (1991 – 2020), but there has been a slight increase in heavy rainfall in recent decades.
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Sea level around the UK has risen by 18.5cm since 1900’s, but the rate is increasing with over 60% of this (11.4cm) occurring over the past 30 years
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Overall, 2022 leaf-on season was 7 to 16 days longer than average due to extended spring and autumn seasons
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Projections show that without rapid, globally concerted efforts to reduce emissions, the recent changes observed in UK climate are set to increase
Previous reports (PDF format)
- State of the UK Climate 2021 - published online 28 July 2022
- State of the UK Climate 2020 - published online 29 July 2021
- State of the UK Climate 2019 - published online 31 July 2020
- State of the UK Climate 2018 - published online 31 July 2019
- State of the UK Climate 2017 Published online 31 July 2018
- State of the UK Climate 2017 Extremes Supplement Published online November 2018
- State of the UK Climate 2016 Published online 27 July 2017 and updated 1 August 2017
- State of the UK Climate 2016: Phenology supplement Published online 1 September 2017
- State of the UK climate 2015 Published online 25 July 2016
- State of the UK climate 2014 Published online 23 September 2015