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

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…