The national weather service also said 2022 was the country's hottest on record, confirming provisional figures that the year would set a new record
, which also saw Europe's worst drought in 500 years, savage heat in India, and multibillion dollar losses from Hurricane Ian in Florida and from flooding in Pakistan.
All four UK nations set new records in 2022, with England seeing the highest average temperature at 10.94C, followed by Wales , Northern Ireland and Scotland ., with the mercury reaching 40.3C in Lincolnshire on 19 July. Higher temperatures in the UK are driving more severe heatwaves, droughts, wildfires and flooding, he said.
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