2025 was UK’s hottest and sunniest year on record, says Met Office

A woman shelters from the sun under an umbrella in London in July. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA

2025 was the UK’s warmest and sunniest year on record, the Met Office has confirmed.

The UK’s three hottest years on record have now all been in this decade, which meteorologists say is proof of a rapidly changing climate. All of the top 10 warmest years have happened in the past two decades.