The report says the UK has become hotter, sunnier and rainier:
2020 was the third warmest UK year since 1884; all the years in the top 10 are since 2002
- Last year was one of the least snowy on record; any snow mainly affected upland and northern areas
- Spring 2020 was the UK’s sunniest on record, and sunnier than most UK summers.
- 2020 was the UK’s fifth wettest year; six of the 10 wettest years have been since 1998
No other year is in the top 10 on all three criteria.
Liz Bentley, head of the Royal Meteorological Society, said that even if governments could achieve the challenging outcome of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5C – which looks very unlikely - that would still lead to a 10% increase in the amount of water the air can hold.
“In the UK,” she said, “we are likely to see temperatures of 40C***. As we get 1.5C warming, that’ll be something we see on a regular basis.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-57988023
Nothing new - and certainly not something anyone can write anything new about.
But it's still 'nice' to see it written down.
***On those days some of you might even turn your heating down a notch or two.
2020 was the third warmest UK year since 1884; all the years in the top 10 are since 2002
- Last year was one of the least snowy on record; any snow mainly affected upland and northern areas
- Spring 2020 was the UK’s sunniest on record, and sunnier than most UK summers.
- 2020 was the UK’s fifth wettest year; six of the 10 wettest years have been since 1998
No other year is in the top 10 on all three criteria.
Liz Bentley, head of the Royal Meteorological Society, said that even if governments could achieve the challenging outcome of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5C – which looks very unlikely - that would still lead to a 10% increase in the amount of water the air can hold.
“In the UK,” she said, “we are likely to see temperatures of 40C***. As we get 1.5C warming, that’ll be something we see on a regular basis.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-57988023
Nothing new - and certainly not something anyone can write anything new about.
But it's still 'nice' to see it written down.
***On those days some of you might even turn your heating down a notch or two.