Kan 2013, naelihir sya bilang Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) asin kan 2017, inelihir sya bilang sarong Fellow of the Royal Society (PRS). Kan 2018, ginibo siyang kagalang - galang na Doktor kan Siyensya ni Leeds University. Kan 2016, nanggana si Propesor Hegerl sa Hans Sigrist Prize "or her groundbreaking scientific work in this year’s prize field, 'The Human Fingerprint on the Earth System"