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- In 1936 the Met Office split with services to the Royal Navy being provided by its own forecasting services. It became an executive agency of the Ministry of Defence in April 1990, a quasi-governmental role, being required to act commercially.
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Since our foundation by Vice-Admiral FitzRoy in 1854, we’ve been at the heart of UK weather taking observations and providing accurate weather forecasts to help save lives and livelihoods....
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The Meteorological Office, abbreviated as the Met Office, 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 ...
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- 1 August 1854; 169 years ago
Corporate information. Jobs and contracts. The Met Office is the UK's national weather service. It provides weather and climate-related services to the Armed Forces, government departments, the...
