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As temperatures climb and summer takes hold, businesses and industries face unique challenges and opportunities brought about by extreme weather.
Building on the recent spring records and the newly released Met Office report detailing the rising likelihood of longer and hotter heatwaves in the UK, this edition of our newsletter delves into the critical topic of ‘heatproofing industry’.
From the latest innovation in AI-driven weather forecasting, to insights on managing the impacts of a changing climate, we bring you stories, expert opinions, and strategic tools to help your organisation adapt and thrive with trusted weather intelligence and purposeful data.
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 On Monday 14 July, we published the annual State of the UK Climate report, which shows that record breaking and extreme weather have become increasingly commonplace in the UK as our climate has changed over the last few decades.
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Artificial intelligence and machine learning are set to transform weather forecasting in the coming years, with the Met Office leading efforts to tailor products and services for industries such as aviation and energy. By incorporating AI into forecasts and harnessing the power of AI for turning data into decisions, the Met Office aims to enhance safety, efficiency, and sustainability for businesses and government. |
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Governments, industries and citizens will benefit from enhanced weather and climate intelligence as we launch our ambitious new five-year strategy for 2025-2030. The Met Office has a strong purpose and values, and an exciting new vision to provide weather and climate intelligence in a radically changing world. We have clear priorities to be customer driven and to deliver purposeful data with agility and innovation. |
The Met Office continues to be a trusted and impactful source of weather information, as highlighted in the latest public Trust Tracker survey results for May 2025.
An impressive 84% of the public trust the Met Office, with 51% expressing the highest level of trust. We are proud to remain the UK’s most trusted forecast provider, selected from among a group of known providers by 67% of respondents. This demonstrates the consistent quality and trust our services offer.
Beyond trust, our forecasts are proving to be highly valuable in people’s daily lives. 90% of UK adults find our forecasts useful, with 41% rating them as “very useful”. Perhaps most significantly, 79% of respondents say they have taken action based on a Met Office forecast. This highlights how our accurate weather forecasts and information are making a real difference to people’s daily decision making, helping us achieve our purpose.
These results reflect the strength of our trusted meteorology and the importance of delivering accurate and timely forecasts.
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From transportation disruptions and energy sector vulnerabilities to agricultural losses, extreme heat is affecting multiple sectors and imposing substantial economic costs.
Learn more about how different industries are coping with these challenges and discover insights, which provide valuable resources for businesses to make informed decisions.
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When extreme heat combines with other hazards such as drought, poor air quality or urban heat island effects, businesses face multifaceted risks that can overwhelm standard risk management approaches. |
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Turbulence poses financial and safety challenges for aviation, worsened by climate change. Airlines lose between $250,000 to $2 million annually due to turbulence. Since 2021, high-resolution weather data from the Met Office, integrated with AVTECH's flight path optimisation system, has helped mitigate these impacts and enhance sustainability, efficiency, and safety. |
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As we mark 100 years since the first BBC broadcast of the Shipping Forecast on 4 July 1925, we're not just celebrating a milestone, we're charting the course for its future. We are investing in next-generation capabilities such as advanced satellite data, innovative AI models, and better ways to share vital safety information with people at sea.
The Shipping Forecast is produced by the Met Office on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) as part of the UK's statutory obligations to provide Maritime Safety Information to seafarers via approved broadcasting methods.
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Did you know? The Met Office helps balance the national grid with renewable energy forecasts. |
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Infographics and case studies |
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Strategic water resource management planning - The Met Office is developing novel solutions to enhance water companies' understanding of drought risk, including the development of a statistical model than can simulate possible future weather scenarios.
Prediction across timescales - We provide solutions and consultancy across timescales, from short-range weather prediction through 50-year ahead climate projections. Our models can be used to generate future scenarios of water demand, supporting adaptation planning.
Supporting a resilient water industry - We work closely with water companies to ensure their infrastructure is resilient to climate change. Using innovative science and datasets, we quantify the links between weather and operational impacts, such as water quality.
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Global weather services face the challenge of providing accurate forecasts and disaster response capabilities beyond their home regions. The Japan Weather Association (JWA) solved this by leveraging our advanced satellite data to enhance their international weather services across energy, aviation, logistics, and media sectors. Our reliable, high-quality, real-time data enables JWA to improve disaster response, climate research, and long-term forecasting.
Discover how Met Office satellite data transforms global weather services in our case study:
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This is the fourth issue of our Industry Newsletter, and we’d love to get your feedback so that we can better support you with actionable insights. Please complete the anonymous short survey below.
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The Met Office is exploring how to better support the infrastructure sector with climate data and information. This research survey aims to gather information on the experience and perceptions of climate training within this sector:
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Join the Met Office ‘Assessing your climate risk – an introduction to climate data and reporting’ course. We’ll introduce you to the key concepts of climate risk assessments and grow your understanding of climate projections. Designed for consultants, analysts, or those in similar roles, this course will give you the skills to identify, access, interpret and communicate climate data.
The course is online and features more than 20 hours of self-led learning and group workshops.
Our DataPoint service will be retired later this year, and there is no like-for-like replacement. From 01 December 2025, users will be unable to access the same product in the same format or under the same pricing model as they do currently in DataPoint. You can find the most suitable alternative on our DataPoint retirement FAQs page. The Met Office has a range of weather and climate data for customers to access via various channels.
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