July to December - 2025: The year in weather

July to December
2025: The year in weather

Temperature radar showing Europe in a heatwave.

Temperature radar of the UK and Ireland with heat warning, highs of 30+ degrees in England and Wales.

Wind map for Scotland. A pressure icon shows the location of Storm Floris. Peak gusts of 85 mph visible in Portree, 55 mph in Glasgow and Edinburgh.

Wind radar showing a gust of 108 mph at the Cairn Gorm summit weather station.

Temperature map showing Engand and Wales with a red thermometer. Map is widely red, indicating hot temperatures. Highs of 31 degrees in London, Cardiff, and Birmingham are visible.

Weather map showing an ex-hurricane centred south of Iceland near Reykjavík, with swirling bands of strong winds. The heaviest winds, marked in red and orange, spread across the North Atlantic towards Ireland and the UK, with speeds up to 40 mph near Iceland and 30 mph in parts of Ireland and Scotland.

TemperatureRadar shows the North Sea with a water temperature of 15.7 degrees.

Weather map with colour representation of strong winds and marked peak gusts in Western Europe.

A weather map shows Hurricane Melissa over Jamaica. The Category 5 hurricane is moving over Montego Bay and Kingston with strong winds. Colours indicate wind speeds.

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The second half of the year began with a continental heatwave.

Our year in weather slowed towards the middle of 2025, but from July things certainly picked up.

Multiple heatwaves, named storms, and records arrived. Further afield, the most impactful event was Hurricane Melissa which tore through Jamaica in October.

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Thursday, 7 May 2026

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July to December2025: The year in weather

July to December
2025: The year in weather