2022 will be warmest year on record in UK, says Met Office

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2022 will be the warmest year on record for the UK, according to provisional figures from the Met Office.

The Met Office said the annual average temperature across the UK this year will exceed the previous record set in 2014, when the average was 9.88C.

Dr Mark McCarthy, head of the Met Office’s 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.”