Work under way on new ECMWF headquarters in Reading, UK 10 July 2025 Construction has begun on ECMWF’s new cutting-edge headquarters in Reading, UK, marked by a groundbreaking ceremony on 9 July 2025.
Next Director-General of ECMWF will drive innovation and collaboration across 35 nations 3 July 2025 ECMWF’s Council, representing 35 Member and Co-operating States, has announced the appointment of Dr Florian Pappenberger as the Centre’s next Director-General from 1 January 2026. He will take over the post from Dr Florence Rabier.
ECMWF’s ensemble AI forecasts become operational 1 July 2025 ECMWF has taken the ensemble version of the Artificial Intelligence Forecasting System (AIFS) into operations today, 1 July 2025, to run side by side with the traditional physics-based Integrated Forecasting System (IFS) to advance numerical weather prediction.
ECMWF Annual Report 2024 published 30 June 2025 The ECMWF Annual Report 2024 is now available online, reviewing progress towards the goals set out in our ten-year Strategy under the pillars of ‘Science and technology’, ‘Impact’, and ‘Organisation and people’.
Analysing humidity in the stratosphere improves forecasts 23 June 2025 In the next upgrade of ECMWF’s Integrated Forecasting System (IFS), humidity in the stratosphere will be analysed based on observations to improve the starting conditions of forecasts.
Impact experiments support initiative for more weather observations 16 June 2025 Impact experiments which ECMWF has carried out for the UN’s Systematic Observations Financing Facility have shown that weather forecasts would benefit significantly from more in-situ observations in several countries.
ECMWF backs initiative for 10,000 ships to monitor oceans and weather 13 June 2025 ECMWF is one of the partners in an initiative for 10,000 ships to be equipped for ocean and weather monitoring, launched officially today, 13 June, at the 2025 United Nations Ocean Conference in Nice, France.
ECMWF scientists awarded prestigious precipitation research award 5 June 2025 ECMWF scientists Tim Hewson and Fatima Pillosu have received the British Royal Meteorological Society’s 2024 Hugh Robert Mill Award for Precipitation Research for their achievements in improving the accuracy of rainfall forecasts.
Moving from flood forecasting scientist to project manager 2 June 2025 Fredrik Wetterhall has transitioned from working in flood forecasting, an area that was expanding at ECMWF when he joined in 2011, to leading some of ECMWF’s involvement in external projects.
ECMWF 50th anniversary events continue in September in Italy 27 May 2025 ECMWF’s year of activities for its 50th anniversary will continue from 15 to 19 September with a series of workshops and meetings to be held in Bologna, Italy.
The AI Weather Quest Testing Period is live 15 May 2025 The AI Weather Quest Testing Period is now officially open. Running from mid-May to mid-August 2025, it gives registered participants a chance to test their models and the submission of forecasts.
Enhancing global flood and drought prediction 13 May 2025 ECMWF is taking a prominent role in the Horizon Europe research project SEED-FD (Strengthening Extreme Events Detection for Floods and Droughts) to improve the global prediction of extreme floods and droughts.
Florence Rabier and Anemoi to receive European Meteorological Society awards 7 May 2025 ECMWF Director-General Florence Rabier and the Anemoi Framework on machine learning, in which ECMWF plays a leading role, will each receive a prestigious award from the European Meteorological Society (EMS).
ECMWF showcases its Copernicus services at Ballon Generali de Paris 29 April 2025 ECMWF has been invited to showcase its two Copernicus services at the Ballon Generali de Paris today, 29 April, marking the start of an exciting new five-year scientific partnership with insurance company Generali.
Events at Bonn anniversary week provide insights into the future 28 April 2025 A week of events in Bonn, Germany, from 7 to 11 April 2025 to mark ECMWF’s 50th anniversary has provided tantalising insights into the present and future of weather forecasting.
Spring 2025 Newsletter published 22 April 2025 The spring 2025 issue of the ECMWF Newsletter is now available. As well as news about ECMWF staff and events, it features articles about new developments and the use that can be made of ECMWF products.
2024 European State of the Climate report is published 15 April 2025 The 2024 European State of the Climate (ESOTC) report has been published by the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, implemented by ECMWF, and the World Meteorological Organization.
Bonn anniversary events 7 April 2025 Part of ECMWF’s year of activities for its 50th anniversary take place this week (7–11 April) in Bonn, Germany, including a series of workshops and seminars and the launch of three new publications.
Scientists present new ML tool for improved fire prediction 1 April 2025 Our scientists have developed a new tool for improved wildfire prediction using machine learning (ML), as set out in a paper published on 1 April 2025 in Nature Communications.
