July was driest month in southern England since records began
A lone ice cream van is surrounded by parched grassland at Blackheath Common in London, 3 August 2026. Photograph: Neil Hall/EPAView image in fullscreenA lone ice cream van is surrounded by parched grassland at Blackheath Common in London, 3 August 2026. Wales had its joint warmest July on record for mean temperature, and England recorded its second warmest July.The Met Office said the “remarkable conditions” this year came amid a summer marked by multiple heat records.The heatwaves have been made more intense and more likely by the fossil fuel-driven climate crisis.
- ▪A lone ice cream van is surrounded by parched grassland at Blackheath Common in London, 3 August 2026.
- ▪Photograph: Neil Hall/EPAView image in fullscreenA lone ice cream van is surrounded by parched grassland at Blackheath Common in London, 3 August 2026.
- ▪Wales had its joint warmest July on record for mean temperature, and England recorded its second warmest July.The Met Office said the “remarkable conditions” this year came amid a summer marked by multiple heat records.The heatwaves have be
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A lone ice cream van is surrounded by parched grassland at Blackheath Common in London, 3 August 2026. Photograph: Neil Hall/EPAView image in fullscreenA lone ice cream van is surrounded by parched grassland at Blackheath Common in London, 3 August 2026. Photograph: Neil Hall/EPAExtreme heatJuly was driest month in southern England since records began England and Wales provisionally record driest July in nearly 200 years, Met Office saysPippa Neill Environment reporterMon 3 Aug 2026 11.44 EDTLast modified on Mon 3 Aug 2026 11.45 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleJuly 2026 was the driest month in southern England since records began nearly 200 years ago, the Met Office has said.England and Wales also provisionally recorded their driest July since records began in 1836.
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