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STATISTICS SHOW SPRING 2025 WAS THE WARMEST SPRING EVER ON RECORD AND ONLY THREE SUMMERS HAVE BEEN SUNNIER SINCE RECORDS BEGAN OVER 100 YEARS AGO 15:39, 02 Jun 2025Updated 15:39, 02 Jun 2025
Wales and the rest of the UK has seen its warmest and sunniest spring on record, the Met Office has said. On Monday the Met Office published its provisional weather statistics findings
which showed there has never been a warmer or sunnier spring than in 2025 across Wales and the UK as a whole. Wales, England, Scotland and Northern Ireland have all individually recorded
their warmest springs for mean temperature since records began in 1884, it was revealed on Monday. The previous record for each country was in 2024. Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland also
recorded their sunniest spring seasons ever while England recorded its second sunniest since those records began in 1910. _For our free daily briefing on the biggest issues facing the
nation,__ sign up to the Wales Matters newsletter here_. Putting how dry this spring has been into context in Wales and across the rest of the UK, spring 2025 is now the fourth sunniest
season on record with only three summers having been sunnier since 1910. March saw records broken with above-average temperatures and significantly reduced rainfall making for a disastrous
period for farmers in Wales and across much of Britain. The trend continued into April which maintained a consistent warm and dry pattern. The end of spring saw the second sunniest May on
record for the UK with temperatures again exceeding the average. The mean temperature in the UK was 9.5 degrees this spring - significantly higher than the long-term average of 1.4 degrees.
Article continues below The 25 years since 2000 have seen eight of the ten warmest springs on record while three of the warmest springs have all happened since 2017. By mid-May the UK was
experiencing its driest spring in more than a century although recent wet weather has eased those very tricky conditions for farmers slightly. But spring 2025 still ranks as the sixth driest
spring since 1836. Wales in isolation also saw its sixth driest spring. According to the Met Office the spring heatwave has not been limited to land either, with coastal waters also the
warmest on record in April and May. The Met Office said on Monday that the dominant factor behind the unusual spring has been persistent high pressure systems often originating from the
Azores or mainland Europe. Met Office scientist Emily Carlisle explained: “The UK’s climate continues to change. What’s particularly notable about spring 2025 is the combination of record
warmth and sunshine alongside very low rainfall. “This spring shows some of the changes we’re seeing in our weather patterns with extreme conditions including prolonged dry, sunny weather
becoming more frequent.” Article continues below