Autumn 2014 third warmest on record
Paul Hudson
Provisional figures released by the Met Office show that autumn has been the 3rd warmest on record across the UK in data that started in 1910.
The three warmest autumns on record have all occurred in the last few years, with 2014 behind 2006 and 2011.
Rainfall has been close to average for the season, with wet conditions in October and November making up for the record dry weather of September.
November itself across the UK is so far the fourth warmest on record.
Based on the Central England Temperature (CET) measure, which dates back to 1659, it seems likely that 2014 will end up in the top聽three warmest years on record.
With NOAA reporting that the first ten months of the year globally were the warmest such period on record, 2014 is turning into an exceptionally warm year both in the UK and globally and across the world.
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