2023 was second warmest year on record in UK . The average mean temperature of 9.97C across the UK in 2023 puts it second only to 2022, which had an average of 10.03C, the Met Office said today as it released provisional data for last year.

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1. Last year was the second hottest on record in the UK, the Met Office has said.
   It means three of the five warmest years since 1884 have fallen in the last four years – along with 2020 and 2022.
   The average mean temperature of 9.97C across the UK in 2023 puts it second only to 2022, which had an average of 10.03C, the Met Office said today as it released provisional data for last year.
   Both Wales and Northern Ireland had their warmest years on record.
   Met Office senior scientist Mike Kendon said: “The observations of the UK climate are clear. Climate change is influencing UK temperature records over the long term.”