Last year was the fourth warmest on record for the UK, the Met Office said, in another "clear illustration that our climate is changing, right now".Provisional figures for 2024 from the Met Office showed an average temperature for the UK of 9.78C, 0.64C above the 1991-2020 average and putting it in fourth place for the warmest year following 2022, 2023 and 2014.While the Met Office said UK weather was variable, the long term trends showed clear evidence in this country of how the global climate

Last year was the fourth warmest on record for the UK, the Met Office said, in another "clear illustration that our climate is changing, right now".Provisional figures for 2024 from the Met Office showed an average temperature for the UK of 9.78C, 0.64C above the 1991-2020 average and putting it in fourth place for the warmest year following 2022, 2023 and 2014.While the Met Office said UK weather was variable, the long term trends showed clear evidence in this country of how the global climate was warming.