Guernsey has second warmest year on record in 2023

Experts say weather patterns are changing due to human-caused climate change

Guernsey had its second warmest year on record in 2023, according to the bailiwick's Met Office.

However, the year also had the lowest amount of sunshine in more than a decade, meteorologists said.

The highest recorded temperature in Guernsey was 29.5C (85F), with a low in January of 0.3C (32.5F).

Head of climate impacts research Prof Richard Betts said weather patterns were changing across the UK due to human-caused climate change.

He said: "It's causing more severe heatwaves, more intense rainfall in some places, droughts in others.

"It's causing glaciers to melt, which is causing sea levels to rise, which is of concern to islands.

"Weather patterns are changing and it's having profound effects around the world because of us burning fossil fuels and deforestation."

Globally, 2023 was the warmest year on record.

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