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 Logo of the Met Office since 1987 | |
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 1 August 1854 |
| Jurisdiction | United Kingdom |
| Headquarters | Bracknell, Berkshire (before December 2003) Met Office Operations Centre, Exeter, Devon (since December 2003) |
| Motto | Per scientiam tempestates praedicere |
| Employees | 2,223 (March 2022)[1] |
| Minister responsible | |
| Deputy Minister responsible |
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| Agency executives |
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| Parent agency | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology |
| Website | www |
The Meteorological Office, abbreviated as the Met Office,[2] is the United Kingdom's national weather and climate service. It is an executive agency and trading fund of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and is led by CEO[3] Penelope Endersby, who took on the role as Chief Executive in December 2018 and is the first woman to do so.[4] The Met Office makes meteorological predictions across all timescales from weather forecasts to climate change.
- ^ "Met Office annual report and accounts 2021 to 2022". gov.uk.
- ^ "Meteorological Office Archive". Retrieved 5 December 2013.
In November 2000 the organisation underwent a corporate rebrand and officially changed its name to simply the "Met Office".
- ^ "Met Office Chief Executive stands down". Gov.uk. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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