2020 be one of the top five hottest on record for the UK, but also it will be one of the top ten wettest and the top ten sunniest years.

Met Office: look back at 2020

2020 has been a year of extremes with the wettest February on record, the sunniest spring, a heatwave in the summer and a day in October breaking rainfall records.

With just a few days left to go, 2020 looks likely to be the 3^rd or 4^th warmest on record depending on how cold the rest of the year turns out to be (full years statistics published 4th January 2021).

This makes it clear that the general trend of warming as a consequence of climate change is being seen, not just at a global level, but in our own national temperature records.

Not only will 2020 be one of the top five hottest on record for the UK, but also it will be one of the top ten wettest and the top ten sunniest years.