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| 2014 confirmed as UK's hottest year | 2014 confirmed as UK's hottest year |
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| Last year was the UK's warmest since records began in 1910, the Met Office has said. | Last year was the UK's warmest since records began in 1910, the Met Office has said. |
| It was also the warmest year in the Central England Temperature series, which dates back to 1659, and is the longest running record of its type. | It was also the warmest year in the Central England Temperature series, which dates back to 1659, and is the longest running record of its type. |
| The UK's mean temperature for the year was 9.9C - that is 0.2 degrees higher than the previous record set in 2006. | The UK's mean temperature for the year was 9.9C - that is 0.2 degrees higher than the previous record set in 2006. |
| Last year's record means that eight of the UK's top ten warmest years have occurred since 2002. | |
| The analysis also shows 2014 was the UK's fourth wettest year, with 1,297.1 millimetres of rainfall. | |
| It was the warmest year on record for all nations and regions in the UK apart from Northern Ireland, which had its joint third warmest year behind 2007 and 2006. | |
| But no months through the year saw records for temperature - instead each month was consistently warm, according to the Met Office, with August seeing below average temperatures. | |
| In December, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said that 2014 was set to be the hottest ever worldwide, confirming the underlying global warming trend. | |
| Five of the UK's top six wettest years have occurred since 2000, according to the data. | |
| It was also within the 20 wettest years in the England and Wales Precipitation series which dates back to 1766. However, no individual regions had their wettest year on record. | |
| A large contribution to the high annual rainfall total came from very wet weather in January and February. |