Mild temperatures saw the UK have the seventh warmest October on record, while slightly above-average rainfall did little to impact what has been a very dry year so far. The latest statistics show that temperatures in the first 10 months of 2022 make the year the warmest on record so far, the Met Office said.
The mercury climbed to almost 23C in London as October came to an end, with persistently higher-than-usual temperatures across the southern half of the UK. A temperature of 22.9C was recorded at Kew Gardens in the west of the capital on Saturday.
According to provisional Met Office statistics, the average mean temperature for October was 11.5°C, with a particularly balmy end making the month the seventh warmest October in a series which goes back to 1884. The forecaster said every month so far this year has been warmer than average, with the first 10 months of 2022 the warmest on record. The warmest year on record for the UK was 2014.
