A record 31.3°C temperature in Northern Ireland last year has been highlighted in the latest World Meteorological Organization report on escalating climate change.
Mercury in Castlederg, Co Tyrone thermometers reached a new height during one of the five extreme weather events recorded across the island of Ireland as a result of the crisis.
The WMO also warned in its State of the Global Climate report that four key climate change records were broken in 2021.
