It's official - this spring was the warmest on record for England and Wales. Across the entire season, England's average ...

Spring 2026 was warm, dry and sunny for the UK.

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LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — The UK experienced its warmest spring on record — and its driest in more than 50 years — the country’s official weather service said on Monday. Temperatures for the ...

From snowdrops nosing through the frosty ground to birdsong filling the air, the first flourishes of spring are finally here. Despite the wet and rainy start to the year, it's a welcome reminder that ...

Met Office logs more than 650 hours of sunshine, 43% above seasonal average The UK has registered its hottest and sunniest spring, prompting warnings that action is needed to tackle climate change.

Seen any unseasonably early daffodils showing their faces yet? UK spring flowers are opening nearly a month earlier than they did before the mid-1980s, due to climate change. That is the conclusion of ...

Citizen science data reveals early flowering, nesting and insect activity as global heating accelerate seasonal change Bluebells are flowering, swallows are returning and orange-tip butterflies are ...

The Bank holiday weekend might have been a mixed bag of weather, this spring was officially the sunniest on record. With four days still to go, the previous record was in 2020 and that has already ...