Met Office climate scientists have confirmed today that April 2007
and the 12-month rolling period records have been the warmest on record.
Final April and 12-month rolling figures in the Central England Temperature
(CET) series are:
11.2 °C for the month of April, beating the previous record
of 10.6 °C set in 1865
11.6 °C for the 12-month rolling period
for May 2006 to April 2007, beating the previous record of 11.1 °C
for the 12-month period ending October 1995.
New records have also been set for the whole of the UK, which date
back to 1914:
