2017 UK's fifth warmest year on record, says Met Office

Average temperature in past decade is 0.8C hotter and 'notably wetter' than the 30 years leading up to 1990

Last year was the fifth warmest on record for the UK, showing a clear warming trend above the long-term average, despite a wet summer last year and cold winter.

The average temperature over the past decade, since 2008, was 0.8C above the 30 year average to 1990. Summers over that period have also been "notably wetter", the Met Office said, in its fourth annual State of the UK Climate report on Tuesday.