People spend over two days a year talking about the weather amid potential record-breaking summer warmth

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19 August 2025

New research from the Met Office reveals that we spend on average 56.6 hours, or two days and 9 hours, talking about the weather over the course of a year.

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UK Met Office

The study was conducted during one of the warmest summers on record so far, including four widespread heatwaves across the UK.

With two weeks still to go, the UK will have one of its warmest summers on record, with both maximum and minimum temperatures significantly above average in 2025, according to Met Office data. The UK’s mean temperature from 1 June to 17 August currently stands at 16.2°C, which is 1.5°C above the long-term meteorological average for the season.   

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