Warmest UK New Year’s Day follows record-breaking New Year’s Eve | UK weather | The Guardian
“Warmest UK New Year’s Day follows record-breaking New Year’s Eve Met Office says 16.3C reached in central London on Saturday ‘likely to be confirmed’ as record temperature
The Met Office said that 16.3C had been reached in St James’s Park, central London, meaning it is “likely to be confirmed” as a record maximum temperature for any New Year’s Day.
Scotland’s previous highest New Year’s Day temperature stood at 14.5C in Inverurie, in Aberdeenshire, in 1992, while 2015 saw the record in Wales of 15.1C in Hawarden and Prestatyn. Met Office meteorologist Tom Morgan said: “The last couple of days have been exceptionally mild, both during the day and night-time.” It comes after the Met Office said temperatures increased overnight to reach 16.5C in Bala, Gwynedd, north Wales, during New Year’s Eve.”