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Mild spell has led to provisional new temperature records for New Year's Eve and January for the UK but temperatures are now starting to trend down.

The extremely mild spell is driven by a flow of warm, moist air pushing across the UK from the Canary Islands and further south in the Atlantic and has resulted in the unusual situation of one weather system breaking weather records for two days in separate calendar years. As well as mild

Scotland and Northern Ireland each recorded their sunniest March on record (records back to 1919), according to provisional Met Office statistics.

The UK had its sunniest March since 1929 and its second sunniest overall (records dating back to 1919), as high pressure and clear skies reigned over the UK for much of the month, bringing an average of 166.1 hours of sunshine. Northern Ireland had a massive 90% more sunshine than its long-term

), Rothamsted (Hertfordshire), and Pershore (Worcestershire), but a number of weather stations and early archive records of personal measurements have been used to construct the series over time.  The climate misinformation you may encounter  Misinformation: The Met Office keep adjusting the Central

experienced throughout Scotland and Northern England. The UK in summer can experience blocking anticyclones which can bring long spells of warm weather and create heatwave conditions. The summer heatwave of 2022 was unprecedented and marked a milestone in UK climate history with 40°C being recorded

The sixth report in the State of the UK Climate series confirms that 2019 was the 12th warmest year in a series from 1884.

-temperature records for February and July. No national low-temperature records were set during the year. State of the UK Climate in 2019 All of the top 10 warmest years for the UK have occurred since 20021 6 of the 10 wettest years for the UK have occurred since 19982 Climate statistics over

was the wettest spring day on record in a daily series from 1891, with an average of 32.6mm of rain falling, exceeding 32.0mm on 23 April 1971. It was also the wettest spring day on record for the climate district of North West England and North Wales. Cumbria also recorded its wettest spring day in a daily

There is a 98% chance that one of next five years will be the warmest year on record for the globe.

will temporarily exceed 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels for at least one of the next five years There is a 98% likelihood that at least one of the next five years will be the warmest on record El Niño and human-induced climate change will likely combine to fuel global temperature increase next year

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for the post-2007 climate. A new record low extent remains a possibility. Antarctic sea ice extent remains 2nd lowest on record for the time of year, although at the end of July it was briefly very close to last year’s record-breaking low extent. Arctic Arctic sea ice state Arctic sea ice extent

May has become the sunniest calendar month on record in the UK

for May. Dr Mark McCarthy is the head of the Met Office’s National Climate Information Centre. He said: “The most remarkable aspect is just how much some of the May and Spring records for these climate statistics have been exceeded. Exceeding the UK sunshine record is one thing, but exceeding