Winter 2016 Warmest On Record In England & Wales Since 1910 (Beginning Of Instrumental Record)
The winter of 2016 was the warmest for England and Wales in records that stretch back to 1910, the Met Office’s annual State of the UK Climate report revealed on Thursday.
The average temperature from December 2015 to February 2016 was more than 2C above the long-term average across the southern half of the UK. The report also found that, over the last decade, the number of air frosts has dropped by 7% and the number of ground frosts by 9%, compared with the average between 1981-2010.
2016 was also the first year in records that began in 1959 where there were no snow depths of 20 cm or more. The winter of 2016 was the second-wettest on record for the UK as a whole, just behind the winter of 2014 which saw serious flooding.
Warmer air can carry more water vapour and the UK government’s climate change advisers rate increased flooding as the biggest impact of global warming on the nation.
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jul/27/england-records-its-hottest-ever-decade
