Post by : Bianca
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The UK Met Office has released information confirming that 2025 stands as the warmest and sunniest year on record for the United Kingdom, based on initial climate data shared this week.
Unprecedented Temperatures
The Met Office reports that the average temperature for 2025 reached 10.09°C, eclipsing the former record of 10.03°C set in 2022. This achievement ranks 2025, along with 2022 and 2023, among the top three warmest years in the history of UK climate.
Remarkably, 2025 marks just the second instance where the UK's mean annual temperature has surpassed the 10°C mark, emphasizing the ongoing trend of increasing heat.
Record Sunshine Levels
In tandem with the record heat, the last year also achieved the highest recorded sunshine duration nationwide, totaling 1,648.5 hours—61.4 hours more than the previous record of 1,587.1 hours set in 2003.
Meteorologists indicate that this extended period of sunshine significantly influenced meteorological patterns, agriculture, and the state of water resources across the nation throughout the year.
Significant Weather Events: Storm Éowyn
While 2025 was marked by warmth and abundant sunshine, it also faced severe weather challenges, most notably Storm Éowyn, which has been described as one of the most impactful windstorms of the century. This led to significant disruptions and heightened concerns regarding increasingly unstable weather conditions.
Indicators of Climate Change
Experts indicate that these new records reflect the enduring climatic changes affecting the UK, with rising temperatures and heightened occurrences of extreme weather events becoming the norm.
The Met Office plans to issue final data later this year, but preliminary findings anticipate that 2025 will stand out as a significant year in the UK’s climatic history.
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