The hottest Remembrance Sunday ever in the UK has been recorded in Wales as temperatures hit 20.7C. It also makes it the warmest November 13 for the UK on record.
Weather agency the Met Office has confirmed the record temperature was recorded in Porthmadog, Gwynedd. Sunshine and mild weather was forecast for most of the country as people mark the day of remembrance.
Welsh weatherman Derek Brockway made the announcement on Twitter this afternoon. It is understood the temperature peaked at around 1.20pm.
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The warmest Armistice Day on record was also recorded this year, as temperatures hit 19.5C in Myerscough in Lancashire on November 11. This was more than a degree warmer than the previous record of 17.8C at Kensington Palace in London.
A Met Office forecaster told The Guardian : “It is unusually mild for this time of year, that’s for sure. Normal temperatures for this time of year were 8-9C in Scotland and 9-11C in England. So we are way, way above where we should be for this time of year.”
According to the Met Office, the warm weather is the result of a particular buckle in the jet stream that was bringing warm air in southwesterly flow from the tropics. But, the forecaster added: “The fact that every month this year has had above average temperatures does hint very heavily that obviously things are moving to a much warmer climate.”
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