Provisional figures show annual average temperature will exceed previous record set in 2014
2022 will be the UK’s warmest year on record, as theForecasters highlighted that the 10 warmest years on record have all occurred since 2003. Temperature trends show that the UK is hotter since humankind started releasing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels, and all four seasons in 2022 fall in the top 10 of a ranking which began in 1884.
Dr Mark McCarthy, the head of the Met Office’s National Climate Information Centre, said: “2022 is going to be the warmest year on record for the UK. While many will remember the summer’s extreme heat, what has been noteworthy this year has been the relatively consistent heat through the year, with every month except December being warmer than average.
Not only will 2022 be the warmest in 139 years, which is what the Met Office uses as its official record, it will also be the warmest on record in the 364-year Central England temperature series from 1659, the world’s longest instrumental record of temperature.The final provisional figure for 2022 will be available at the conclusion of the year and will then be subject to further quality control and a verification process.
There has also been a severe lack of rainfall, with most of the country still in the depths of an again record-breakingOn the other hand, December has been relatively cool, and 2022 has brought the coldest first two weeks of December since 2010. Temperatures dropped to –17.3C in Braemar, Aberdeenshire.
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