Summer 2026 on course to be UK's hottest on record, says Met Office
With 38C predicted later in the week, a fourth calendar month will be added to that total.It was the driest July in both England and Wales since records began in 1836. What you need to know Published5 days agoHow much rain will end the drought?Published4 days ago
- ▪With 38C predicted later in the week, a fourth calendar month will be added to that total.It was the driest July in both England and Wales since records began in 1836.
- ▪What you need to know Published5 days agoHow much rain will end the drought?Published4 days ago
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Summer 2026 on course to be UK's hottest on record, says Met OfficeImage source, PAByRachel Foley, BBC Weather and Mark Poynting, Climate and Science reporterPublished4 minutes agoThis summer is on course to be the UK's hottest since records began, according to the Met Office.Only average conditions are needed for the remainder of August to surpass the record set just last year.Provisional Met Office statistics show that the UK's mean temperature for meteorological summer so far (1 June to 10 August) currently stands at 16.48C, which is 1.88C above the 1991-2020 average.In summer 2025, the mean temperature across the country - which includes overnight lows as well as daytime highs - was 16.10C (60.98F).
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