Glasgow
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| Area | 175 |
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| Population | 598,830 (2011) |
| Motto | Flourish |
| Local time | Wednesday 06:55 |
| Weather | 4°C, Wind SW at 7 m/s, 86% Humidity |
| Colleges and universities | University of Glasgow |
| Did you know | Glasgow is the sixth-largest metropolitan economy in the United Kingdom by GDP (55. 5 billion PPP). |
| Current weather | support.google.com |
| Neighborhoods | Merchant City |
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| Townhead | |
| Anderston | |
| Area code | 0141 |
| Burgh charter | 1170s |
| Demonym | Glaswegian |
| Found | Late-6th century |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 568411 |
About Glasgow
Glasgow is a port city on the River Clyde in Scotland's western Lowlands. It's famed for its Victorian and art nouveau architecture, a rich legacy of the city's 18th–20th-century prosperity due to trade and shipbuilding. Today it's a national cultural hub, home to institutions including the Scottish Opera, Scottish Ballet and National Theatre of Scotland, as well as acclaimed museums and a thriving music scene. ― Google
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Climate change: the Last ten years in the UK, "the second-hottest in 100 years'
has said, were broken, A number of new records for high temperatures in the UK in the year of 2019 for the completion of a record-breaking Decade , the Met Office .
The Last Decade was the second hottest in The Last 100 years in the UK, with eight new high-temperature records.
Four new UK records in The Past year alone, including the highest winter and summer temperatures ever recorded.
Dr Mark McCarthy from the Met Office in Exeter, said it was "a consequence of climate warming".
in 2010, the second hottest and the second wettest of the "cardinal" decades (spanning years 0-9) in The Last 100 years of UK records.
In both cases, the 2010s were slightly behind 2000-2009, which holds the record for the hottest and wettest Decade .
The Met Office said this was partly due to a cold part of the year in 2010, But added that such years occur much less frequently than in The Past .
record-2019Last year, a maximum of 21. 2C is the warmest February day ever recorded, reached on 26. February in London .
On 25 July, the temperatures reached 38. 7C in Cambridge - the UK, the highest ever recorded temperature.
The third record-breaker for 2019 was for the highest daily minimum temperature in February - a temperature of 13. 9C taken at the 23. February in the Scottish Highlands .
The hottest December day exceeded also, in The Last week with a provisional temperature of 18 is likely to be. 7C recorded in the Highlands of Scotland on 28 December , although the figure has yet to be validated.
Overall, the UK was warmer, wetter and sunnier than the average, in the year 2019, the Met Office said.
He said 2019 was provisionally 11. warmest year on record, with a mean temperature of 9. 42C, by it just outside The Top 10 - All of it since 2002.
in the ten years from 2010 to 2019 - other data of the monthly temperatures 1 were added. October 2011 in Kent (29. 9C), and 1. November 2015 in Ceredigion (22. 4C).
make a note of the highest daily minima were reached at 25. January 2016, in the County of Londonderry (13. 1C), and 19 April 2018 (15. 9C) in the London area. 13. 9C temperature reached in the Scottish Highlands , in the year 2019, the highest daily minima for the coming Decade .
Also in the record books, the coldest day was in March on record, if the "beast from The East " struck in the year 2018.
The summer heat episodes, led to speed restrictions on the railBut , Dr. McCarthy, The Head of the Met Office 's National Climate Information centre (NCIC), said it was "remarkable how many of these extreme records have been in The Last ten years".
He also noted, "how many of them are high in the context rather than low temperature extremes".
He warned the trend was likely to continue, adding: "We would expect that this type of records, which then are broken, in The Future . "
He said: "We expect an increase in winter precipitation, so winters and drier summers weather - But we could still experience, dry winters and humid summers. "
A government spokesman said Climate Change was a "national priority" and there was an increase in the dynamics of ecological measures.
"Since 1990, we are growing our emissions by over 40%, while the economy to over two-thirds.
"But we are determined, more for the increase in the dynamics and drive ambitious measures in the run-up to and at this year's COP26 talks in Glasgow . "
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Source of news: bbc.com
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