Exeter boffins await result
Exeter’s Met Office experts predict 2025 is on track to become the UK’s warmest year ever recorded.
The UK’s annual average temperature is currently sitting at 10.05°C, narrowly edging out the previous record of 10.03°C set in 2022.
A cold snap over Christmas could still shift the final data, weather boffins "strongly believe" 2025 will secure the top spot.
If the figures hold, it will be only the second time in history that the UK's mean temperature has topped 10°C. It also marks a staggering trend: four of the last five years are now among the five warmest on record.
Beyond the "record books," the persistent warmth has had a serious impact including significant health risks to the elderly and a lack of rainfall combined with a summer peak of 35.8°C left the countryside reeling from droughts and wildfires.
While we wait for the final week of December to confirm the data, one thing is certain: the UK’s climate is changing faster than ever, with all ten of the warmest years on record occurring within the last two decades.
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