
Simon King
@SimonOKing
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Lead BBC weather presenter and meteorologist. Mostly R4 Today, 5 Live and BBC Breakfast | Ex-RAF Officer | Author ‘What Does Rain Smell Like?’
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Joined March 2009
RT @BBCNews: Warm weather boosted retail sales in June
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Supermarkets sold more drinks and fuel sales were up as people "ventured out", the UK statistics body says.
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RT @BBCNews: Too hot for Santa as Lapland buckles under record heatwave
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After an unusually cold early summer, Finland has seen two weeks of temperatures topping 30C.
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RT @bbcweather: Stunning shelf clouds (a type of arcus cloud) which can form at the base of thunderstorms. Find out more ➡️ .
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Was great to speak to @acatherwoodnews @BBCR4Feedback and give a little insight to delivering radio weather forecasts and how the climate change narrative is becoming more important….
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Andrea Catherwood puts listener questions to Radio 3 controller Sam Jackson.
Today on @BBCR4Feedback: Radio 3 Controller @classicjacko is back to answer listener questions, @acatherwoodnews discusses how climate change is influencing weather forecasting with BBC meteorologist @SimonOKing, and a Women's Euro #VoxBox. Listen at 3.30pm today📻.
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What’s the likelihood of drought and more hosepipe bans? . It’s complex but just looking at rainfall since the start of the hydrological year (Oct 24), it has been one of the driest since 1976 and below average rainfall expected for rest of summer ⬇️.
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Analysis shows that it has been one of the driest periods on record since autumn last year.
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RT @WxNB_: The western Mediterranean Sea is absurdly warm at the moment, with nearly half of the basin exhibiting SST anomalies greater tha….
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Often get comments that notable maximum temperatures are at airfields where ‘conveniently jets/planes give higher reading’. Marco below makes a very good point for today’s maximum temperatures….
Provisionally the top 5 temperatures today. ▪️34.7C St James's Park, London. (no airfield!).▪️34.6C East Malling. (no airfield!).▪️34.5C Writtle. (no airfield!).▪️34.3C Teddington. (no airfield!).▪️34.2C Frittenden. (no airfield!).
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RT @danroan: Players’ union says one of Chelsea’s Club World Cup matches in US should have been delayed or postponed over extreme heat, as….
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Extreme weather during the Club World Cup in the United States this summer means Fifa should think about playing the men's World Cup final at 9am next year, according to an expert.
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Today is likely to be in the top 3 hottest June days on record with potential for >34 C in Gt London/Bedfordshire area. 1⃣ 35.6 C in 1976.2⃣ 34.5 C in 2017.3⃣ 34.0 C in 2019.
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The rise in temperature coincides with the beginning of Wimbledon and the end of the Glastonbury festival.
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Subject to official confirmation, Portugal 🇵🇹 looks like it may have provisionally set a new June record with 46.6 C today (Morva, Évora district). Brutal #heatwave continued widely across Europe…
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Wow….45.8 C in Spain 🇪🇸 today and (provisionally) a new national June record 🥵.
⚠️ Récord nacional de temperatura para junio. → El día 28 se han alcanzado 46 °C en El Granado (Huelva). El dato, pendiente de validación, supondría la temperatura más alta medida en España en junio desde que hay registros. → Supera los 45.2 °C de Sevilla (junio de 1965)
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RT @BBCNews: Amber heat health alerts issued as temperatures above 30C likely
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Heat health alerts remain in place across England as Suffolk becomes the first area to enter a heatwave.
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RT @BBCNews: Extreme heat is starting to change the way we holiday
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With heatwaves likely to increase in some popular travel destinations around Europe, what does that mean for the future of the traditional summer beach holiday?
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Extreme heatwaves and wildfires on holiday? When does it become 'too hot' to enjoy? 🌡️🔥. There's some evidence to suggest we might be changing our holiday plans due to climate change. Read more as I explore for @BBCNews ⤵️.
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With heatwaves likely to increase in some popular travel destinations around Europe, what does that mean for the future of the traditional summer beach holiday?
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RT @BBCNews: First heatwave of 2025 likely as temperatures to surge above 30C
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Temperatures are set to soar bringing the warmest week in the UK so far this year.
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