Snapshot from Aug 24, 2026 at 07:00 UTC. For live data and tracking: View Live
Entity

United Kingdom — Met Office

Tracked across 72 events · 3223 articles · First seen Jan 10, 2025 · Last active Aug 22, 2026

Sentiment
-2
Attention
10
Events
72
Relationships
100
Live sentiment trends, attention charts, and prominence tracking available on the Ergen Dashboard
1 0
Accidents
Impact: The United Kingdom — Met Office is the source of the weather forecast regarding potential snow and unsettled weather in the United Kingdom.
Dec 13, 2025 · 6 articles
6 -20
Accidents
The UK United Kingdom — Met Office has forecast an unprecedented El Nino event, expected to be the strongest in over a century, with sea surface temperatures in the tropical eastern Pacific rising more than…
Impact: The United Kingdom — Met Office is the primary source of the forecast, warning of an unprecedented El Nino and its impacts on UK weather and global climate. Its credibility is central to the event's significance.
Aug 20, 2026 · 36 articles
2 0
Accidents
Impact: The United Kingdom — Met Office is the UK's national weather service, responsible for issuing yellow weather warnings and providing forecasts for 2025–26 European windstorm season, advising the public on potential impacts.
Oct 22, 2025 · 8 articles
7 -50
International
Impact: The United Kingdom — Met Office, the UK's national weather service, co-authored the report predicting significant global warming and its associated severe weather events.
May 28, 2026 · 83 articles
0 0
Accidents
Impact: The United Kingdom — Met Office explained the rare weather phenomenon, attributing the opaque skies to Canadian wildfire smoke. Its role as the primary source of information reinforces its authority in weather reporting.
Jul 21, 2026 · 6 articles
7 -20
Accidents
The United Kingdom experienced an unprecedented series of heatwaves in 2026, with temperatures reaching 35°C or higher on six separate days, breaking previous records. The extreme heat and low rainfall led to a 'flash drought'…
Impact: Confirmed record temperatures and provided forecasts, highlighting the severity of the heatwaves.
Jul 06, 2026 · 339 articles
6 -20
Accidents
Europe experienced a series of severe heatwaves during the summer of 2026, leading to record-breaking temperatures, widespread drought, and wildfires. According to European Union response to the COVID-19 pandemic, over 30,000 excess deaths were recorded…
Impact: The United Kingdom — Met Office issued heat warnings and recorded record temperatures, highlighting the severity of the heatwave.
Aug 12, 2026 · 81 articles
8 0
Accidents
Impact: The United Kingdom — Met Office has issued and extended red and amber heat warnings for the United Kingdom, confirming record-breaking temperatures and forecasting continued extreme heat and thunderstorms.
Jun 24, 2026 · 304 articles
4 0
Accidents
Soaring temperatures and droughts across the UK and Europe are set to drive food prices higher, according to warnings from the Food and Drink Federation (FDF). The FDF said fruit, vegetable and grain supply are…
Impact: The United Kingdom — Met Office issued warnings of a fresh heatwave, contributing to the weather-related supply concerns.
Aug 11, 2026 · 6 articles
1 0
Accidents
Impact: The United Kingdom — Met Office provides a long-range forecast for early March, indicating changeable conditions and potential snow in the United Kingdom.
Feb 25, 2026 · 6 articles
6 0
Accidents
Impact: The United Kingdom — Met Office, a UK-based weather forecast agency, provides data and forecasts on the heat wave and global temperatures.
May 28, 2026 · 6 articles
6 0
Accidents
Impact: The United Kingdom — Met Office>>> reported record-breaking temperatures in the United Kingdom>>> and attributed the increase in extreme temperatures to climate change, forecasting a drop later in the week.
May 25, 2026 · 67 articles
6 -20
Accidents
Impact: United Kingdom — Met Office estimated 2,700 heat-related deaths in England and Wales during May and June heatwaves.
Apr 20, 2026 · 482 articles
6 0
Accidents
In August 2026, the United Kingdom experienced a severe heatwave and widespread wildfires, with the most devastating blaze in United Kingdom — Stourbridge, West Midlands, destroying 19 homes and damaging 18 others. Prime Minister Andy…
Impact: Provided weather forecasts predicting dry conditions and potential flooding. Its data informs government response.
Aug 14, 2026 · 30 articles
10 0
International
Impact: The United Kingdom — Met Office, through Adam Scaife, predicted that this El Ni could be record-breaking and warned of a new global warmth record in 2027, emphasizing the significant impact of the phenomenon.
May 08, 2026 · 304 articles
1 0
Accidents
Impact: Issued heatwave forecast; noted record-breaking temperatures in 2026.
Jul 12, 2026 · 27 articles
2 10
Tech
Impact: The United Kingdom — Met Office provided weather data for the study, which was crucial for comparing mental health contacts with weather conditions.
Jun 29, 2026 · 7 articles
6 0
Business
Impact: The United Kingdom — Met Office is a government agency of the United Kingdom that declined to comment on the matter, indicating its role in the regulatory review process.
May 21, 2026 · 17 articles
2 0
Regulatory
Impact: The United Kingdom — Met Office provides weather forecasts that highlight the heatwave conditions prompting the consultation.
Jul 08, 2026 · 6 articles
4 0
Domestic
In response to the driest July on record in England and Wales, Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced a £65 million support package for farmers on Saturday. The package includes £50 million additional funding for the…
Impact: Provided data confirming the driest July on record, underpinning the crisis narrative.
Aug 14, 2026 · 6 articles
6 0
Domestic
Impact: Jeffrey Donaldson's solicitor issued a letter to the United Kingdom — Met Office indicating his request to renounce and forfeit his knighthood.
May 19, 2026 · 90 articles
2 0
Business
Impact: The United Kingdom — Met Office provided climate forecasts warning of increased extreme heat risk, context for M&S's actions.
Jul 07, 2026 · 6 articles
2 0
Accidents
Impact: Released a climate report noting extreme weather becoming 'new normal'.
Jul 16, 2026 · 22 articles
6 0
Accidents
Impact: Provided data on heat deaths.
Jul 07, 2026 · 309 articles
8 -20
Accidents
A severe drought and record heatwaves across European Union — Europe in summer 2026 caused the Danube River to fall to historic lows, threatening nuclear power generation in Hungary and Romania. Hungary's Paks Nuclear Power…
Impact: The UK United Kingdom — Met Office reported record dry conditions in England and Wales.
Jul 22, 2026 · 202 articles
0 0
Accidents
On August 9, 2026, an 18-year-old man drowned at Camber Sands beach in East Sussex, United Kingdom, after getting into difficulty in the sea. Emergency services, including United Kingdom — Sussex Police, United Kingdom —…
Impact: United Kingdom — Met Office is monitoring extreme heat conditions that may contribute to more people entering water, potentially issuing warnings.
Aug 10, 2026 · 6 articles
4 0
Business
Impact: The Cabinet Office reported on core machinery orders in Japan for March and Q1 2026.
May 21, 2026 · 40 articles
8 0
Accidents
Impact: The United Kingdom — Met Office forecast a short-lived hot spell in the UK.
Jul 27, 2026 · 349 articles
2 0
Accidents
Oct 01, 2025 · 6 articles
4 0
Accidents
Dec 08, 2025 · 8 articles
+ 42 more events View on Dashboard
United Kingdom — National Drought Group United Kingdom — Met Office
United Kingdom — National Drought Group United Kingdom — Met Office
National Fire Chiefs Council United Kingdom — Met Office
National Fire Chiefs Council United Kingdom — Met Office
United Kingdom — Environment Agency United Kingdom — Met Office
United Kingdom — Environment Agency United Kingdom — Met Office
Croatia United Kingdom — Met Office
Croatia United Kingdom — Met Office
Germany — Deutscher Wetterdienst United Kingdom — Met Office
Samantha Burgess United Kingdom — Met Office
South East Water United Kingdom — Met Office
Cambridge Water Company United Kingdom — Met Office
Germany — Deutscher Wetterdienst United Kingdom — Met Office
Samantha Burgess United Kingdom — Met Office
South East Water United Kingdom — Met Office
Cambridge Water Company United Kingdom — Met Office
France — Météo-France United Kingdom — Met Office
Spain — State Meteorological Agency United Kingdom — Met Office
France — Météo-France United Kingdom — Met Office
Spain — State Meteorological Agency United Kingdom — Met Office
Thames Water United Kingdom — Met Office
Thames Water United Kingdom — Met Office
World Weather Attribution United Kingdom — Met Office
Stéphanie Rist United Kingdom — Met Office
+ 70 more relationships View on Dashboard
ERGEN INTELLIGENCE
Track United Kingdom — Met Office live

Set up alerts, explore relationships, view sentiment trends, and monitor how events impact this entity in real time.

Open Dashboard

About Ergen

Ergen is a news intelligence platform that converts raw news articles into structured data. It tracks events, entities, and the relationships between them, with sentiment and attention metrics derived from thousands of articles. Pages on this site are daily static snapshots from the platform's live database. For real-time tracking, search, and alerts, the full dashboard is at app.ergen.ai.