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| This winter is on track to be the warmest ever recorded in England and Wales, according to preliminary figures from the Met Office. | This winter is on track to be the warmest ever recorded in England and Wales, according to preliminary figures from the Met Office. |
| The agency is due to process the final set of winter temperature readings from weather stations around the UK on Tuesday, with 2015/16 expected to beat records going back to the 17th century. | The agency is due to process the final set of winter temperature readings from weather stations around the UK on Tuesday, with 2015/16 expected to beat records going back to the 17th century. |
| Preliminary data for the central England temperature series – the longest-running in the world – showed an average temperature of 7C (44.6F) this winter, beating a previous high of 6.8C (44.2F) set in 1868-69. | |
| The UK mean temperature from 1 December to 24 February was also extremely mild at 5.6C – well above the long term average of 3.7C. Conditions in February have been close to average but the figures have been pulled upwards by an exceedingly balmy December. | |
| For the UK as a whole, it is looking as if the winter will be the third warmest on record but for England and Wales it is set to break previous records in 2007 and 1989 to be the warmest ever recorded. | For the UK as a whole, it is looking as if the winter will be the third warmest on record but for England and Wales it is set to break previous records in 2007 and 1989 to be the warmest ever recorded. |
| Related: December 2015 was the wettest month ever recorded in UK | Related: December 2015 was the wettest month ever recorded in UK |
| Early figures also indicate this winter has been the second wettest on record. | Early figures also indicate this winter has been the second wettest on record. |
| The average total rainfall across the country over the winter was 515mm, coming second only to 2013/2014, which saw widespread storms and flooding. December was the wettest month ever recorded in the UK. | The average total rainfall across the country over the winter was 515mm, coming second only to 2013/2014, which saw widespread storms and flooding. December was the wettest month ever recorded in the UK. |
| Colder weather is due to arrive this week with a front of cold and unsettled weather due to sweep in bringing rain, snow and strong winds and some localised disruption in the south-west by Wednesday. | Colder weather is due to arrive this week with a front of cold and unsettled weather due to sweep in bringing rain, snow and strong winds and some localised disruption in the south-west by Wednesday. |
| Met Office forecaster Tom Crocker said: “Over the next few days there is going to be a bit of a change and it will not be very spring-like. | Met Office forecaster Tom Crocker said: “Over the next few days there is going to be a bit of a change and it will not be very spring-like. |
| “Tuesday is going to be relatively mild but wet and windy for most followed by a frosty night. | “Tuesday is going to be relatively mild but wet and windy for most followed by a frosty night. |
| “There will be a very blustery Wednesday with wintry showers and the possibility of some snow on high levels across northern Britain.” | “There will be a very blustery Wednesday with wintry showers and the possibility of some snow on high levels across northern Britain.” |
| On Wednesday, there was the potential for gale-force winds in western coastal areas, possibly touching severe gale force in parts of coastal Cornwall and south-west Wales. |