2022 Will Be Britain’s Hottest Year On Record

British experts said Wednesday that 2022 will be the warmest year in the UK after multiple heatwaves and a year of minimal rainfall.

The United Kingdom’s meteorological agency, Meteorological Service, said in a statement that this year “has recorded the highest annual average temperature across the UK, surpassing the previous record set in 2014 when the average was 9.88 degrees Celsius (49.78 degrees Fahrenheit). surpassed,” he said. 2022 figures will be announced at a later date.

According to forecasting agencies, the highest temperatures in the decade since 1884 and since 2002 have occurred respectively.

“2022 will be the hottest year on record for the UK. Many people will remember the extreme heat of the summer, but it’s worth noting this year’s relatively consistent year-round heat,” said Mark McCarthy, director of the Japan Meteorological Agency’s National Climate Information Center. said.

He said it has been warmer than normal every month except December.

“The warmer years are consistent with the real-world impacts expected as a result of human-induced climate change.

“This does not mean that every year will be the hottest on record, but climate change continues to increase the likelihood of gradual warmer weather in the coming decades,” he added.

Much of England and Wales has been hit by drought this summer after extremely high temperatures and heatwaves and little rainfall. A similar situation has been observed throughout Northwest Europe.

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July was also the driest month on record in the south, even though the UK also broke record temperatures when mercury topped 40 degrees Celsius for the first time.

In particular, the dry conditions caused the headwaters of the Thames to dry up and move several miles downstream.

Satellite images have shown the country’s traditionally lush landscapes are turning various shades of yellow and brown as large swaths of southern, central and eastern England dry up.

All four seasons of 2022 were among the top 10 warmest on record, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. It was the eighth warmest winter, fifth warmest spring, fourth warmest summer, and third warmest autumn.

McCarthy said temperatures had been above the 1991-2020 long term average for a large proportion of the year, adding that this “is something that we can anticipate as we become increasingly affected by climate change”.

“Met Office science has shown that the temperatures witnessed in mid-July would have been extremely unlikely in the pre-industrial period – the era before humanity started emitting lots of greenhouse gases from burning fossil fuels,” he said.

“Our climate is still subject to notable cold spells during the winter season, but our observational data show these have generally become less frequent and less severe as our climate warms,” he added.