2022 is the hottest year yet

Sad post UK And the planet. “2022 will be the hottest year on record in the UK. If many people remember Intense summer heatWhat’s remarkable about this year is the relatively consistent warmth throughout the year,” Mark McCarthy of the British Met Office’s Met Office said in a press release.

The average temperature for the year will be known in January, but according to available provisional data, it should exceed the previous record set in 2014 (9.88°C).

Each of the four seasons this year was among the ten warmest on record since the national record was set in 1884, according to the Met Office, based on its provisional data, which is regularized as the year goes by.

It crossed 40 degrees Celsius for the first time

“The warm year is consistent with the actual impacts we expect from human-induced climate change,” said Mark McCarthy. 2022 started with a record temperature on January 1, with London recording over 16 degrees.

Every month of the year, except December, average temperatures for the season are above normal. July saw temperatures exceed 40 degrees for the first time in the UK, making it the driest month on record in many parts of southern and eastern England, forcing authorities to introduce travel restrictions.

Beyond the recorded temperatures, the year was particularly dry with below-average rainfall, the Met Office points out. In France, the year ending will be the warmest on record, Météo-France indicated at the end of November.