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The basic climate of the UK annually is wet and cool in winter, spring, and autumn with frequent cloudy skies, and drier and cool to mild in summer. The climate in the United Kingdom is defined as a humid temperate oceanic climate, or Cfb on the Köppen climate classification system, a classification it shares with most of north-west Europe. [1]
Cambridge Botanic Garden Weather Station where a temperature of 38.7 °C (101.7 °F) was recorded in the 2019 European heat wave. The United Kingdom weather records show the most extreme weather ever recorded in the United Kingdom, such as temperature, wind speed, and rainfall records. Reliable temperature records for the whole of the United ...
The December 2022 United Kingdom cold wave was a spell of unseasonably cold weather that affected the United Kingdom between 8 December and 18 December. It was considered to be one of most significant spells of low temperatures since the winter of 2010–11, with overnight temperatures widely falling below −10 °C (14 °F) on several occasions. [1]
Temperatures in Ravensworth, North Yorkshire, dipped down to below minus 15C.
With an average temperature of −2.1 °C (28.2 °F), [10] January 1963 remains the coldest month since January 1814 in Central England, although for the UK as a whole [11] and in Northern England, [12] Scotland [13] and Northern Ireland [14] February 1947 and February 1895 were colder, whilst December 2010 was also colder in Northern Ireland.
The Met Office confirms 2022 was the hottest year for the country on record.
Climate change is more likely to push mild weather patterns into record-breaking territory, the Met Office said. Warm, dull December ended with record-breaking temperatures Skip to main content
The sea surrounding the south-west peninsula has the highest annual mean temperature of any sea in the United Kingdom, with a temperature close to 12 to 13 °C (54 to 55 °F). Coastal areas of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly experience annual mean temperatures similar to that of the sea as the prevailing wind is from the sea.