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Study using modern forecasting to analyse paper records shows severity of event – and how much worse consequences would be today

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Temperatures will barely stretch beyond double figures for most of the week

Met Eireann said high pressure is set to bring a warm blast of air as the temperatures are set to jump to as high as 18 degrees

It comes as the UK recorded its warmest year on record

April showers are set to kick off the new working week, particularly in Northern Ireland and Wales before spreading across the whole of the UK, as temperatures remain below average for this time of year

More rain is on the way as a miserable April comes to a soggy end, according to new weather maps, with downpours potentially falling as wintry showers in some areas

Emissions from human activities are substantially increasing the atmospheric concentrations of the greenhouse gases CO₂, methane, CFCs and nitrous oxide. These increases will enhance the greenhouse effect, resulting on average in an additional warming of the Earth’s surface.

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