2022 will be the warmest year on record for the UK, the Met Office has said. The average temperature for the year is on track to beat the previous all-time high of 9.88C set in 2014, provisional data shows. The exact figure will be confirmed in the new year.
Dr Mark McCarthy, head of the Met Office National Climate Information Centre, said: "2022 is going to be the warmest year on record for the UK. While many will remember the summer's extreme heat, what has been noteworthy this year has been the relatively consistent heat through the year, with every month except December being warmer than average.
"The warm year is in line with the genuine impacts we expect as a result of human-induced climate change. Although it doesn't mean every year will be the warmest on record, climate change continues to increase the chances of increasingly warm years over the coming decades."
