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Temperatures exceeded 40C in Britain in July last year for the
first time, and the Met Office said 2022 was the warmest year
since records began in 1884 for the United Kingdom and since
1659 in its Central England Temperature series.
"In terms of weather and climate, 2022 was an extraordinary year
for the UK," Mike Kendon from the Met Office’s National Climate
Information Centre said.
"The observations show that extremes of temperature are changing
faster than the average, and as our climate warms, we expect far
more high temperature records to be broken, potentially by wide
margins, and far fewer low temperature records."
The Met Office said its studies found both the record warm year
and 2022's July heat wave were made more likely by human-induced
climate change.
In its 'State of the UK climate' report, the Met Office
predicted that in a medium emissions scenario, by 2060, a year
like 2022 would be considered an average year and by 2100, it
would be considered a 'cool' year.
"2022 is a potential warning of what we should expect in the
future," Kendon said.
The 2013-2022 period was the warmest decade on record in the UK,
the Met Office said.
The report also found the sea level around the UK has risen
around 18.5 cm since the 1900s, with 11.4cm of that happening
over the past 30 years.
(Reporting by Kylie MacLellan; Editing by Bernadette Baum)
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