Forget the Bahamas . If you ’re pining for sunny climes this wintertime , head to Wales . AsThe Telegraphreports , a township near the country ’s western coast saw temperatures of 68.5 ° F today , take it the hottest February day on record in the UK . Put otherwise , Wales ishotterthan both Algeria and Athens , Greece properly now — and it ’s wait to stay that way until the end of this week .
The record was antecedently held by Greenwich , England , where temperatures go past 67.4 ° F in 1998 . meteorologist first start keep data track of the weather in 1910 , but no February has been quite asbalmyas the weather currently seen in the Welsh county of Ceredigion , which is located about 80 miles nor'-west of the capital metropolis , Cardiff .
It ’s also quite the drastic modification from last twelvemonth , which heralded the “ Beast from the East”—aperiodof sub - zero temperatures and heavy snow that blanketed much of the UK and Ireland . This February , rather of icicle and snowman , people have reported find out butterfly and humblebee .
consort to theBBC Weather Center , it ’s difficult to say whether any given weather event is the resultant of climate change . However , it can be attributed — at least in part — to the warm atmosphere flowing in from Africa and the Canary Islands . Theregionis also experiencing thefoehneffect ( known as Chinook flatus in North America ) which appears when air warms up as it travels down from the mountains .
It ’s too early to tell if thissummerwill be unusually live in the UK , but some local anesthetic are n’t hire any probability . Gardening expert Monty Don toldThe Telegraphthat gardeners should “ part storing rainwater now ” in case the lovesome conditions takes a toll on vegetation . For now , though , the great unwashed are out enjoying the unseasonal lovingness and sunniness while they can get it .
[ h / tThe Telegraph ]
