KNMI is an institute where we are working all year round, seven days a week, 24 hours a day. In the Annual Report 2010 entitled 'KNMI round the clock' we show what is going on in one day at KNMI. After all, weather forecasts don’t stop at night, climate research is going on all time long ...

The year 2010 ranked as the warmest year on record, together with 2005 and 1998, according to the World Meteorological Organization. Data received by the WMO show no statistically significant difference between global temperatures in 2010, 2005 and 1998.

In the KNMI Triennial Scientific Report 2007-2009 an overview is presented of the research activities carried out by KNMI in this period.In its capacity as the national knowledge and data centre for weather, climate and seismology, KNMI performs many research activities on these subjects ...

'KNMI in international context' has been chosen as the theme for its Annual report 2009. Meteorology does not stop at national borders, nor does climate research, satellite measurements and seismology. International cooperation is necessary for the KNMI to perform its duties as the ...

A study published on 17 October 2010 in the journal Nature Geoscience shows that over the past three decades, surface wind speeds seem to have noticeably decreased in several regions of the world, such as the United States, China, Australia, and in several European countries ...

International efforts to protect the ozone layer—the shield that protects life on Earth from harmful levels of ultraviolet rays—are a success and have stopped additional ozone losses and contributed to mitigating the greenhouse effect, according to a new report.

Reanalysis of surface synoptic weather observations, using methods developed for weather prediction, complements traditional monthly climatological records for documenting climate variability and change.

The amendments to the Convention of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) entered into force on 6 June 2010. This is a milestone in ECMWF’s history as it allows an enlargement of ECMWF’s membership and an expansion of the scope of its activities.

The advanced scatterometer, ASCAT, on the MetOp-A polar satellite senses the oil spill area with microwaves. The images below show the ASCAT winds (left) and a false-colour RGB image (right) made from the basic ASCAT measurements. In the RGB images a dark spot right above the middle is visible, ...

This month www.meteoalarm.eu, the official website of weather warnings by the public European weather services, will present its new Europe of areas map on the homepage. In one overview this European map presents the status of all weather warnings with up-to-date reports in about 650 areas in 30 ...

“WMO - 60 Years of service for your safety and well-being” is the theme of the World Meteorological Day (WMD) being celebrated today by the National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) in 189 Member States and Territories.

The year 2009 is likely to rank in the top 10 warmest on record since the beginning of instrumental climate records in 1850, according to data sources compiled by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

Meteoalarm is now fully operational since more than 1 year. According to the great number of hits and the positive reactions we seem to comply with the need of many users. The website offers the overview and also many details on the weather awareness situation within Europe.

The temperature in the Netherlands has risen much faster than the global mean.  The Central Netherlands Temperature is now about 1.5 degrees higher than around 1950.  This increase is twice as much as the rise in the global mean temperature over the same period. 

The World Meteorological Organization is developing a new vision for using dozens of satellites to monitor climate change and weather.