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Aine Fox & Michael Broomhead

Warmest Remembrance Sunday ever recorded in UK as expert raises concerns about 'insanely' high temperatures

The UK has seen its warmest Remembrance Sunday on record, according to the Met Office. Temperatures reached a summer-like high of 21.2C in Porthmadog, Wales.

The Met Office described the conditions as "exceptionally mild". England and Scotland also broke records for the warmest Remembrance Day with highs of 19.2C in Bridgefoot, Cumbria, and 17.2C in Aviemore.

Castlederg in Co Tyrone saw a maximum of 16.5C, which was 0.2C below the record for Northern Ireland. The Met Office tweeted: "It's been an exceptionally mild day for most of us and the warmest Remembrance Sunday on record in the UK.

"England, Wales and Scotland have all provisionally broken their previous maximum temperature records with Northern Ireland just 0.2°C shy of their record." The high temperatures this weekend followed the UK's warmest Armistice Day on record.

On Friday, Myerscough in Lancashire enjoyed a high of 19.5C. Meanwhile, meteorologist Scott Duncan has raised concerns about "insanely warm" temperatures in Europe.

Sharing a weather chart showing plenty of red on Twitter, he said: "Europe is insanely warm right now. It has never been this warm so late in the year for some.

"Can't believe it is only 43 days until Christmas."

He added that it was a "completely different story in North America" where there is "widespread strong cold".

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