2023 Was Second Warmest Year on Record for UK, Says Met Office
A tourist speaks with a tour guide under the shade of an umbrella in London in September.
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Last year was provisionally the second warmest on record for the UK since records began in 1884, the Met Office has said.
Only 2022, which saw temperatures exceed 40C for the first time in recorded history, was hotter.