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04 Jan 2012Met Office 2012 annual global temperature forecast
2012 is expected to be around 0.48 °C warmer than the long-term global average of 14.0 °C according to the Met Office annual global temperature forecast.
01 Jan 2012Met Office scientist awarded OBE
Dr Richard Graham, Climate Applications Development Manager at the Met Office Hadley Centre has been awarded an OBE in the New Year's Honours 2012.
30 Dec 2011Average December finishes a warm 2011
Provisional figures reveal it has been an average December but a warm 2011.
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Detailed weather forecasts for events.
Headline:
Mild and wet in south, colder with showers in north.
This Evening and Tonight:
Wales, the Midlands, and southern England will have a mild and cloudy night with outbreaks of rain, sometimes heavy. Northern areas will be chilly with wintry showers in Northern Ireland and Scotland, with snow on western hills. Icy later.
Thursday:
Rain in southern and eastern England, often heavy, clearing in the morning. Bright and mostly dry in central areas. Further wintry showers in the north with snow on Scottish hills.
Updated: 1444 on Wed 18 Jan 2012
