Temperature extremes in 2022

The weather for 2022 was reported as being the warmest yet, and here are a couple of graphs based on the local temperature data which highlight just this.

The first graph shows the temeperature range over the entire year, i.e. the difference between the highest maximum and the lowest minimum, and compares this to an average value. It can be seen that the temperature range for 2022 was by far higher than any of the years compared.

Now look at the year 2022 month by month, again looking at the extremes compared to the average extremes. It can be seen that the minimum temperatures were generally warmer on average, and it was the sudden cold snap in December coupled with the mid-summer highs that gave the much larger extremes.