UK Sees Warmest New Year's Day As Temperature Rises Above 16 Degrees
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The unprecedented warm start to the year follows UK seeing its hottest New Year's Eve on record, with several locations in England breaking previous highs set in 2011.
Britain experienced its warmest New Year's Day on record after temperatures rose above 16 degrees Celsius (60.8 Fahrenheit) for the first time on January 1, the country's Meteorological Office said.
The mercury climbed to 16.2C in St James's Park in central London, according to a provisional Met Office reading, easily beating out the previous record of 15.6C set in Cornwall in 1916.
The unprecedented warm start to the year follows the UK seeing its hottest New Year's Eve on record, with several locations in England breaking previous highs set in 2011.
The warmth saw Somerset House in London close its ice rink on Saturday, after officials there said the balmy temperatures impacted the quality of the ice.