It appears that UK had its share of warm months too:
2011 is UK's second warmest year on record - Met Office
Quote:
This year saw high temperatures for lengthy periods; including the warmest April and spring on record, the second warmest autumn and the warmest October day.
'Unseasonably warm'
The mean temperature for the first 28 days of December was 4.7C (40.5F); a big swing from 2010, says the Met Office, when temperatures were 5C below average for the coldest December on record.
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Meantime, the first 5 days of 2012 here are keeping the trend up with an average temperature of +4°C, while the same first days of 2011 averaged -4°C, and -8°C in 2010