Met-Extremes

Analysis of UK weather extremes, built on Met Office and Environment Agency data, plus related forecasting tools. Choose one below to explore.

Weather warningslive

UK Weather Warnings Clear View

A cleaner, filterable view of Met Office NSWWS weather warnings: by time, colour, type and area, with population and terrain context and exportable briefing images. Unofficial — not an official Met Office channel.

Open Clear View →
Wind

Wind gusts

Extreme value analysis of UK wind gust speeds, with modelled return periods and an interactive map of station-level estimates.

Open the wind gust map →
Rainfallalpha

Precipitation

Extreme value analysis of England rainfall totals, with modelled return periods and an interactive map of station-level estimates.

Open the rainfall map →
Temperaturelive

Central England Temperature

Live dashboard of the world's longest instrumental temperature record, with daily, monthly, seasonal and annual rankings, anomalies and record watch.

Open the CET dashboard →
Climate driverslive

ENSO & Indian Ocean Dipole

Live Bureau of Meteorology El Niño, La Niña and IOD indices (Relative Niño, SOI since 1876, IOD) with rankings against every year, event history and downloadable data.

Open the ENSO & IOD dashboard →
Global climatenew

ECMWF ERA5 and IBTrACS Climate Explorer

Daily rain, temperature, wind gusts and snow since 1996 for any land point in the world, with rarity, records and El Niño / IOD effects, plus tropical cyclone strike chances and past-storm analogues since 1980.

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Tropical cyclones

Tropical Cyclone Wind Speed Converter

Compare bulletins from RSMCs with different meaning periods spanning 1 to 10 minutes for peak wind speeds.

Open the converter →
Lee waves

Falkland Islands Lee Wave Regime

Calculator to help assess the likely lee wave regime occurring at Mount Pleasant Airport, Falkland Islands.

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Floodinglive

Cranbrook Flood Watch

Live data updating the chance of various roads around Cranbrook, Devon being impassable due to flooding.

Open the flood watch →
Night minimum

Night Cooling Curve (Barthram)

Forecast the overnight minimum temperature, the time of the Saunders discontinuity, and when the temperature falls below freezing or the fog point.

Open the cooling curve →
Night minimum

Minimum Temperature (McKenzie)

Forecast the overnight minimum temperature from the maximum temperature, dew point, wind and cloud, with an editable station table and a 1000-member uncertainty cloud.

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Severe weatherexperimental

Tristan da Cunha: "Peak induced" Weather Outlook

Experimental guidance on the chance of locally severe downslope winds and heavy rainfall at Tristan da Cunha in the next 48 hours, caused by The Peak and not captured in standard forecasts. Not an official warning.

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Forecast sensitivitylive

ECMWF Ensemble Sensitivity Analysis

Draw a box on the map and find which earlier features of the latest 50-member ECMWF ensemble decide the local outcome there, such as the depth of a low, the peak of a heatwave or a typhoon’s track. Covers the Northern Hemisphere to day 5, updated twice daily.

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Case studiesnew

Case Studies & Publications

In-depth investigations of notable forecasts and weather events, with write-ups and publications. First up: why the ECMWF forecast for the UK week of 19–26 October 2026 flipped from dry to wet.

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