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Met Office

British  
/ mɛt /

noun

  1. (in Britain) a national weather-forecasting service

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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There is strong evidence that UK summer soils are becoming drier as the climate warms, with Met Office projections showing earlier seasonal drying and more frequent droughts, particularly in southern and eastern England.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

In its latest update, the Met Office said that the UK May and spring temperature record was provisionally broken for the second day in a row.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

The Met Office forecast a drop later in the week.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

The United Kingdom's Met Office weather agency said Monday saw record highs of 34.8C at Kew Gardens, southwest London -- a full two degrees above the previous high.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

The general synopsis at eighteen hundred issued by the Met Office: Fitzroy, mainly northerly, four or five, becoming variable, thundery showers ...

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd

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