human induced global warming we would expect a year as warm as last year once every 500 years. in the current climate we can expect one every three or four years. and last year s mild temperatures are part of a long term pattern. this graph shows the coldest and hottest years ever recorded in the uk. all the hottest years are within the last two decades and you can see this year tops them all with an average temperature of 10.03 celsius the first time uk average annual temperatures have topped 10 degrees. the planet is warming up as a consequence of climate change, due to the emissions of greenhouse gases. and as the world is warming, we are seeing that reflected in our own statistics for uk weather and climate. our climate here in the uk has warmed by about a degree on average.
you can see average temperatures have been rising steadily. look how all the hottest years are within the last two decades and you can see this year exceeds them all, with an average of 10.03 degrees celsius the first time uk average annual temperatures have topped ten degrees. why is this? why are we seeing these record temperatures? the met office says there s no question this is a result of climate change. the record heat last year was made 160 times more likely by climate change, it says. it calculates that without human induced global warming, you d expect a year this hot once every 500 years. in the current climate, we can expect one every three orfour years. and it isn tjust the uk. we ll get the figures for last year s global average temperature next week, but we are expecting it to show that last year was the fourth or fifth
all been in the last two decades clear proof, say scientists, of dramatic climate change. here s our climate editor, justin rowlatt. remember the hot summer with the record breaking high temperatures? it wasn t just the sum of that was hot. the spring, the autumn and winter were as well. in fact, every month except december was hotter than average. so why are we seeing these record temperatures? the answer is climate change, according to the met office. it calculates that without human induced global warming we would expect a year as warming we would expect a year as warm as last year once every 500 years. in the current climate, we can expect one every three or four years. and last year s mild temperatures are part of a long term pattern. this graph shows the coldest and hottest years ever recorded in the uk, all the hottest years are within the last two decades and you can see this year tops them all with an average temperature of 10.03 celsius, the first time uk average annual tem
it calculates that without human induced global warming we would expect a year as warm as last year once every 500 years. in the current climate we can expect one every three or four years. and last year s mild temperatures are part of a long term pattern. this graph shows the coldest and hottest years ever recorded in the uk. all the hottest years are within the last two decades and you can see this year tops them all with an average temperature of 10.03 celsius. the first time uk average annual temperatures have topped 10 degrees. the planet is warming up as a consequence of climate change, due to the emissions of greenhouse gases. and as the world is warming, we are seeing that reflected in our own statistics for uk weather and climate. 0ur climate here in the uk has warmed by about 1
this graph shows the coldest and hottest years ever recorded in the uk. all the hottest years are within the last two decades and you can see this year tops them all with an average temperature of 10.03 celsius the first time uk average annual temperatures have topped 10 degrees. the planet is warming up as a consequence of climate change, due to the emissions of greenhouse gases. and as the world is warming, we are seeing that reflected in our own statistics for uk weather and climate. our climate here in the uk has warmed by about a degree on average. last yea r s record temperatures drove wildfires. houses in dartford, kent were consumed in the flames. droughts affected agriculture and left many reservoirs with unusually low water levels.