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Climate In the Spotlight Weather
Standard Chartered Weather Photographer of the Year 2025: Electrifying shots
15 May 2025

From towering supercells to split-second lightning strikes, storms create the most dramatic weather photographs. MetMatters has rounded up ten of the most striking images from our annual competition.

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In the Spotlight Weather
Rare weather phenomena captured on camera
02 May 2024

Hard to predict, rarely seen or fleeting in appearance, here are some of the more unusual weather images submitted to our annual weather photography competition.

Collage of the 2016 to 2023 public favourite winners of the weather photographer of the year competition
Climate In the Spotlight Weather
Weather Photographer of the Year: The Winners of the Public Favourite Category
14 March 2024

Our weather photographer of the year competition has been running for nearly a decade. Here is a quick look back at the previous winners of the Public Favourite vote.

A tornado churns up dust in the sunset light near Traer, Iowa by Brad Goddard, Orion, IL Image credit NOAA
In the Spotlight Weather
Tornadoes around the world
14 December 2023

Tornadoes have been recorded on every continent except Antarctica, with North America at the top of that list for both frequency and severity. Allison Chinchar explains the key ingredients in tornado formation and location.

Francisco Negroni, Weather Photographer of the Year 2023
Climate In the Spotlight Weather
Winners' Spotlight: Camping Beside a Volcano for a Winning Weather Shot
24 November 2023

How did 2023's Weather Photographer of the Year, Francisco Negroni get his incredible shot?

Fernando Braga, Public Favourite, Standard Chartered Weather Photographer of the Year 2023
Climate In the Spotlight Weather
Winner’s Spotlight: The Power of Persistence in Photography
17 November 2023

2023 Public Favourite, Fernando Braga, discusses the role of persistence in photography

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Weather
Life cycle of a thunderstorm
28 September 2023

Right now, approximately 2000 thunderstorms are happening around the world. But how does that cute little fluffy cumulus cloud turn into a big threatening thunderhead?

'Lightning from an Isolated Storm over Cannes Bay' © Serge Zaka
In the Spotlight Weather
Weather Photographer of the Year 2022: Behind previous winning images – thunderstorms and lightning
18 May 2022

Lightning strikes and storm clouds make for dramatic and winning weather photos. Did you know that 100 lightning bolts strike the planet every second?

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In the Spotlight Weather
NOAA Hurricane Hunters
08 March 2022

In an exclusive podcast for the Royal Meteorological Society, Kirsty McCabe chats to pilot Commander Rebecca J. Waddington and Flight Director Nikki Hathaway from the NOAA Hurricane Hunters. Find out what it's really like to fly through a storm, why the aircraft are named after the Muppets, and the hidden perils of the infamous blue flight suit.

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