Climate change in the UK can be measured in records extending back over 350 years.  The 1990's was the warmest decade in central England since records began in the 1660s and this warming of climate over land has been accompanied by a warming of UK coastal waters.

Other climate data show a variety of changes for the UK climate:

• The growing season for plants in central England has lengthened by about one month since 1900.
• Heatwaves have become more frequent in summer, while there are now fewer frosts and winter cold spells.
• Winters over the last 200 years have become much wetter relative to summers throughout the UK.
• A larger proportion of winter precipitation (rain and snow) now falls on heavy rainfall days than was the case 50 years ago.
• After adjusting for natural land movements, the average sea level around the UK is now about 10cm higher than it was in 1900.

What climate change means for Medway