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Experts from Ireland and Northern Ireland highlighted the impact of climate change on average annual temperatures.
2023 is expected to be the warmest year on record for Ireland, surpassing 2022, the warmest year on record, Met Eireann said in its 2023 Ireland Climate Interim Report on 28 December.
Ireland’s average annual temperature exceeded 11°C for the first time (124 years on record). 2022 was the warmest year on record, at nearly 10.9 degrees Celsius, just 0.1 degrees Celsius higher than 2007.
2023 saw Ireland experience its hottest June on record, as well as its wettest March and July on record.
Met Eireann pointed out that for the first time in 23 years, Ireland had four months of the year in the top five warmest months on record (average length of stay has been one to two months each year since 2000).
“Ireland has had a remarkable year, with rainfall and warming reaching unprecedented levels at times,” said Keith Lamkin, director of climate services at Met Éireann.
“These record-breaking extreme events have cascading effects on many parts of society.
“Past weather events are no longer reliable indicators of future weather events, but knowing this allows us to better plan and adapt to a changing climate.”
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Meanwhile, the Met Office reported that 2023 was provisionally the second warmest year on record across the UK, with a provisional average temperature of 9.97°C.
However, Northern Ireland and Wales have had their warmest years on record, meaning they have had the warmest years on record in a row.
The average temperature in Northern Ireland in 2023 was 10.17 degrees. The previous record was 9.83°C, set in 2022. The highest temperature recorded in Northern Ireland in 2023 was 13.69°C.
Northern Ireland also recorded its third wettest year in the series dating back to 1836. Northern Ireland provisionally recorded 1,399.0 mm of rainfall. This is 21% more than average.
Met Office senior researcher Mike Kendon said: Climate change is having a long-term impact on the UK’s temperature records, with 2023 set to be another very warm year, making it the second warmest year on record.
“If the values of 2023 had occurred during the 20th century, it would have been the warmest year on record.
“While the climate will continue to fluctuate, with continued cold and wet weather, what we have observed over the past few decades is that many high temperature records are being broken.
“We expect this pattern to continue as the climate continues to change in the coming years as a result of anthropogenic climate change.”
2023 was provisionally the UK’s second warmest year on record.
Wales and Northern Ireland each had their warmest years in a series dating back to 1884.
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