About us
The Met Office is the UK's national weather service. It provides weather and climate-related services to the Armed Forces, government departments, the public, civil aviation, shipping, industry, agriculture and commerce.
The Met Office is the UK’s national weather service.
We have a long history of weather forecasting and have been working in the area of climate change for more than two decades.
We are a trading fund within the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, operating on a commercial basis under set targets. Our targets are verified and publicised in this section. We employ more than 1,800 people around the world.