Met Office
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The new building on the edge of Exeter
The Met Office (note: no longer an abbreviation for Meteorological Office but a name in itself), which has its headquarters at Exeter in Devon, is the UK's national weather service.
Established in 1854 as a small department within the Board of Trade under Robert FitzRoy as a service to mariners, the Met Office later became part of the Ministry of Defence. It currently holds a quasi-governmental role, being required to act commercially but also remaining an executive agency of the Ministry of Defence. In 2003 it moved to its present location from Bracknell in Berkshire.
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See also
- Hadley Centre - Climate arm of the Met Office
- UK topics
- Climate of the United Kingdom
- Meteorology
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External links
- Met Office homepage (http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/)
- History of the Met Office (http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/corporate/history/)
- BBC Weather Centre (http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/)
