Weather Snap 30 JULY 2020

Met Office scientists take a lively look at the fascinating history and science of weather and climate research. 2019: How hot, how cold, how wet and how stormy? As Mostly Weather returns, Clare Nasir unpicks details of the annual State of the UK Climate 2019 report released on 31st July 2020 Clare talks numbers with Met Offcie Scientist Dr Mark McCarthy, learning about how last year sat in terms of overall UK climate. She gets an overview of why the report is so important from Prof Liz Bentley from the Royal Meteorological Society and as this year’s report also includes a section on phenology, Clare talks to Darren Moorcroft, CEO of the Woodland Trust who talks about the impact of a changing climate on the UK’s tree population. The Met Office is the United Kingdom's national weather service. Our website carries the latest UK and global weather forecasts, detailed information on weather types, climate science and UK weather records for previous months, seasons and years. Met Office State of UK Climate report 2019 www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/climate/maps-and-data/about/state-of-climate