It looks like this year will go down as Britain's hottest year ever.
The UK Met Office said on the 28th (local time) that the annual average temperature this year is expected to exceed the previous record of 9.88 degrees Celsius in 2014.
An official from the Korea Meteorological Administration said, "This year, it was unusual that the high temperature continued, with temperatures recorded higher than normal every month except for December."
The UK is usually cool even in summer, but in July this year, a heat wave of over 40 degrees continued.
The previous highest temperature was 38.7 degrees in 2019.
Since observation began in 1884, about 140 years ago, the first to tenth places in the hottest year are all after 2003.
This year, not only the heat, but also drought, cold waves, and typhoons were record-breaking.
The first two weeks of the month were the coldest since 2010, with temperatures staying below freezing even during the day.
This summer was also the 10th driest on record.
July was the driest summer on record since 1976, with virtually no rain in some areas.
In February, three out of four typhoons this year hit consecutively within a week.
An official from the Korea Meteorological Administration interpreted this year's temperature rise as a result of human-induced climate change.
"It won't be record hot every year, but the potential for even warmer futures will continue to increase because of climate change," he said.
Meanwhile, the National Trust Foundation has evaluated extreme weather in the UK this year as 'the new normal'.
The foundation said that this year's forest fires and other habitats have destroyed a lot of wildlife habitat, and it showed what kind of difficulties nature will face if we do not respond more aggressively to climate change.
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