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The warmest decade on record is the 2010s (2011–2020) with a mean temperature of 10.40 °C (50.72 °F). [ 5 ] [ a ] Both the general warming trend [ 6 ] and the hottest year on record at the time, 2014, [ 7 ] have been attributed to human-caused climate change using observational and climate model-based techniques.
It rains on fewer days every month throughout the year than the rest of the UK, and rainfall totals are less in every month, with the driest month, May, averaging 58.4 mm (2.30 in). [3] The climate of south-west England displays a seasonal temperature variation, although it is less extreme than most of the United Kingdom with milder winters.
Temperatures measured directly on the ground may exceed air temperatures by 30 to 50 °C (54 to 90 °F). [6] The highest natural ground surface temperature ever recorded may have been an alleged reading of 93.9 °C (201.0 °F) at Furnace Creek, California , United States, on 15 July 1972. [ 7 ]
The UK has recorded its coldest night of this winter, along with widespread frost, with more bitterly cold weather expected over the weekend. The lowest recorded overnight temperature as of 09:00 ...
January 10, 2025 at 5:12 AM. The UK recorded its coldest night of this winter so far with sub-zero temperatures across the country ... USA TODAY Sports.
Snow has fallen across parts of the UK after the coldest night of the season so far. Temperatures dropped to minus 7.8C in Tulloch Bridge, Scotland, in the early hours of Monday, which is the ...
Place(s) Date Highest 5-min total 32 mm (1.3 in) Preston, Lancashire: 10 August 1893 Highest 30-min total 80 mm (3.1 in) Eskdalemuir, Dumfries and Galloway [7] 26 June 1953 Highest 60-min total 92 mm (3.6 in) Maidenhead, Berkshire: 12 July 1901 Highest 90-min total 117 mm (4.6 in) Dunsop Valley, Lancashire 8 August 1967 Highest 120-min total
The temperature at Altnaharra was minus 16.7C, the coldest temperature recorded there since 2010, the Met Office said.