The Met Office has confirmed Scotland's warmest year while the UK average passed 10C for the first time.
All four nations set records for heat in 2022, with England seeing the highest average temperature at 10.94C, followed by Wales , Northern Ireland and then Scotland .it hit 34.8C at Charterhall in the Borders on 19 JulyDr Mark McCarthy, head of the Met Office National Climate Information Centre, said: "Although an arbitrary number, the UK surpassing an annual average temperature of 10C is a notable moment in our climatological history.
"It is clear from the observational record that human-induced global warming is already impacting the UK's climate."The latest data shows that 15 of the UK's top 20 warmest years on record have all occurred this century - with the entire top 10 within the past two decades. "Natural variability of the UK climate means there will always be some variation year to year, however looking at longer term trends it is easy to pick out the influence climate change is having over time."A series of water scarcity warnings were issued by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency during the summer months.on the River Tyne in East Lothian, River Ythan in Aberdeenshire and the Lower Tweed in the Borders.
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