![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/met-office-climate-report-bombshells-as-uk-faces-40c-heatwaves-every-summer/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0_Summer-weather-Aug-10th-2022.jpg&description=The Met Office said 2022 was the warmest year on record in the UK - and unless greenhouse gas emissions are controlled, last year could seem cool compared with what it will be in 2100 People on the beach at Cullercoats Bay in North Tyneside The UK's climate is continuing to change as temperatures go up and 2022 was the warmest year on record in the country, the Met Office has said. The latest "State of the UK Climate" report, which was published today, found that recent decades have been warmer, wetter and sunnier than the 20th century. Climate experts said last year's extreme heat is an example of what the future could look like unless greenhouse gas emissions are controlled. Temperatures rising beyond 40C, repeated and intense heatwaves, grassfires, summer droughts, downpours and rising sea levels will increase in frequency and severity. Despite the devastating wildfires in the UK amid 40C heat, 2022 could even seem like a cool year compared with what it will be in 2100 if current emissions levels are not lowered, the report said. Brown fields caused by last summer's heatwave ( Tom Wren SWNS) The 13 bombshells from the report are: 2022 was the warmest year on record in the UK, being 0.9C above the 1991-2020 average. It was also the first year when the annual mean temperature exceeded 10C. 40.3C, recorded at Coningsby, Lincolnshire, on July 19, was the highest temperature ever recorded in the UK. Winter, spring, summer and autumn in 2022 all ranked among the top 10 warmest seasons since 1884. All the top 10 warmest years for the UK since 1884 have occurred in the 21st century. The last decade (2013-2022) was 0.3C warmer than the 1991-2020 average and 1.1C warmer than 1961-1990. It is the warmest 10-year period on record since 1659. Also in that decade there were 4-7% fewer days of air and ground frost than the 1991-2020 average and 15-23% fewer than 1961-1990. 2022 was also the warmest year since 1870 for sea surface temperature. Sea levels around the UK have risen){kind=link}
The Met Office said 2022 was the warmest year on record in the UK – and unless greenhouse gas emissions are controlled, last year could seem cool compared with what it will be in 2100
The UK’s climate is continuing to change as temperatures go up and 2022 was the warmest year on record in the country, the Met Office has said. The latest “State of the UK Climate” report, which was published today, found that recent decades have been warmer, wetter and sunnier than the 20th century.
Climate experts said last year’s extreme heat is an example of what the future could look like unless greenhouse gas emissions are controlled. Temperatures rising beyond 40C, repeated and intense heatwaves, grassfires, summer droughts, downpours and rising sea levels will increase in frequency and severity.
Despite the devastating wildfires in the UK amid 40C heat, 2022 could even seem like a cool year compared with what it will be in 2100 if current emissions levels are not lowered, the report said.
The 13 bombshells from the report are: