Climate change: Number of UK heatwaves and ‘tropical nights’ on the rise, new Met Office report warns

 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/climate-change-met-office-report-heatwave-tropical-temperature-uk-weather-latest-a8613856.html

 

And the chilliest extremes of the year are not quite as biting as they were in the past, with the lowest temperature of the year 1.7C milder in the last decade than it was in the three decades up to 1990.
Tropical nights are still rare in the UK, and are largely confined to southern England.
However, they are likely to become more common in the future as climate change becomes more pronounced.

The data shows that while the 1976 heatwave is one of the most significant heatwaves for the UK, tropical nights only really start to stand out after 1995.
Between 2008 and 2017 a cluster of tropical nights were recorded in the South East, the Midlands and South Wales.

Dr McCarthy said: “Monthly, seasonal and annual climate data provide a valuable record of the changing climate in the UK.
“However, these average figures have a tendency to mask extreme weather and climate events.”
So the new report focuses on measures that record weather extremes to also show how the climate is changing, he said.
Scientists are increasingly confident identifying the "fingerprints" of climate change on extreme weather events, including the heatwave that struck much of the northern hemisphere this summer.