2014 on track to be UK's warmest year ever

Only a freezing December can stop 2014 ending up the hottest year since records began in 1772

The summer weather at a beach in Weymouth
Britons may soon be heading back to the beach
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Unless temperatures plunge in the next few weeks, 2014 will be the UK's warmest year since records began almost 250 years ago, researchers say.

Each month between January and November has been above the average recorded in the Central England Temperature Record, which dates back to 1772. Now, meteorologists believe that there is a 75 per cent chance that 2014 will go down as Britain’s hottest ever year.

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