BREAKING: The Met Office has confirmed 2022 was Britain’s hottest year ever on record with the UK experiencing an average annual temperature of more than 10C.
The Met Office confirmed 2022 was Britain’s hottest year ever on record in a sign global warming has impacted our climate.Data shows the mean temperature across the 12 months was 10.03°C, beating the previous all-time high of 9.88°C in 2014.According to the forecaster, the entire top 10 happened within the past 20 years.
All four nations set new records last year, with England seeing the highest average temperature at 10.94°C.Dr Mark McCarthy, head of the Met Office’s National Climate Information Centre, stressed this was a ‘notable moment in our climatological history’. ‘Although an arbitrary number, the UK surpassing an annual average temperature of 10°C is a notable moment in our climatological history,’ he said.
‘This moment comes as no surprise. Since 1884 all the 10 years recording the highest annual temperature have occurred from 2003. ‘It is clear from the observational record that human-induced global warming is already impacting the UK’s climate.’
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