Why are the dates of the seasons different for meteorologists and astronomers?

Croaking frogs, huddling sheep and cows lying down. There are plenty of tales about animals forecasting the weather, with 2nd February a key date for the end of winter predictions.

2024 was the hottest year ever recorded, with Earth’s average temperature going beyond the 1.5°C warming level for the first time. A rise of 1.5 degrees might not sound like much, so why is this such a big deal?

Is climate change to blame when it comes to extreme weather events, making them more frequent and more intense? MetMatters takes a look at attribution studies.

The judges have picked their favourites, thousands of you cast your votes and at last we can announce the results. Here are the winning weather and climate photographs for 2024.

If you want to know what’s going on with the UK's weather, you need to look at a State of the Climate report. With COP29 on our minds, MetMatters takes a look back at 2023.

Phenology gives an indication of nature's response to weather and climate. Judith Garforth explains why we should add a tree to our weather stations.

There's more to the colour of the sea than you might think. Hayley Evers-King explains how satellite observations help reveal what lies beneath the blue, or not so blue, waters.

Summer 2024 has not won many fans (aside from slugs and snails). Cool, cloudy and wet aren’t ideal conditions for barbecues, summer festivals or sporting events, but are we being unrealistic?