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February began with rain across western Scotland and Northern Ireland, before the weather turned more settled. A blocking high pressure system to the east of the UK led to overcast but settled conditions for the next few weeks, with below average temperatures and some scattered showers. Occasional frontal systems brought rain, sometimes wintry over high ground. Scotland saw some snow and freezing rain on the 18th, before the blocking high started moving away around the 19th. The weather turned more unsettled as a low pressure system to the west of the UK moved towards Iceland. This led to frontal systems bringing heavy rain to much of the country, and coastal gales in northern areas. Temperatures also rose to above average as the cold easterly weather regime shifted to milder westerly conditions. Frontal systems brought particularly heavy rain to Wales and western parts of England and Scotland on the 23rd, leading to some flooding. The end of the month saw building high pressure, resulting in more settled conditions as well as widespread frost and some foggy conditions.
UK Met Office February 2025 climate summary
The global surface temperature was 1.26°C (2.27°F) above the 20th-
In the United Kingdom February was 0.5°C (0.9°F) above the 1991–2020 average. Northern Ireland was notably warm, with temperatures 0.9°C (1.6°F) above average, based on provisional data.
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Ocean temperatures are off the charts right now and scientists are alarmed
One major driver of the heat is believed to be an approaching – and potentially strong – El Niño, a natural climate fluctuation associated with warming in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, which has a global heating effect.
February 2024 was the warmest February in England and Wales since records began in 1884. The mean temperature across the whole of the UK was 6.3C (43.3F), the second warmest February for the whole country since the last record of 6.8C (44.2F) was set in 1998. The south of England also had its wettest February in a time series dating back to 1836, with much of the region experiencing more than twice the average rainfall. Average rainfall across the UK was 139.8mm which falls just outside the top 10 wettest Februarys on record. The highest amount of February rainfall ever was 213.7mm in 2020. East Anglia broke records on both fronts having had its warmest and wettest February on record. The area saw 106.4mm of rain throughout February and had a mean temperature of 8.2C (46.8F).
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Published 25 July 2024
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WMO State of Global Climate 2024
Published 19 March 2025