rainfall as well as higher temperatures are now recognisable features of our weather. as well as being the third warmest year on record, 2020 was also the fifth wettest and the eighth sunniest. here s our science correspondent, rebecca morell. dramatic changes in our skies. in 2020, the uk experienced a year of extremes. from storms in february, which caused chaos across the country, to a summer heatwave where temperatures sweltered above 3a degrees for six consecutive days, and rain in october with the uk s wettest day on record. it is all charted in an annual assessment of the climate which found the uk is getting wetter, warmer and sunnier. we can see very clearly from our observations that the uk s climate is already changing, so climate change isn t something that will happen in 20, 50 or something we need to worry about towards the end of