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A significant heatwave affected the UK in July 2022. The UK recorded its hottest-ever temperature of 40.3°C in Coningsby in Lincolnshire. According to the Met Office, over 34 locations exceeded the UK’s previous temperature record of 38.7°C in 2019.
The UK drought of 1976 was one of the most unusual weather events in British history. The drought of 1976 began six years earlier following a record five-year dry period between 1971 and 1975, the lowest since 1850.
Aug 10, 2022 · The UK has subsequently seen heatwaves in 1995, 1997, 2003, 2006 and 2018 and recorded a new all-time highest temperature – 38.7C in Cambridge Botanic Garden in July 2019 – but the summer of...
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Jul 13, 2018 · Alongside the winters of 1947 and 1962-3, the summer of 1976 is part of Britain’s cultural weather memory, when temperatures reached 32°C or higher for 15 consecutive days and triggered one of...
Jul 22, 2021 · In the 1976 heatwave, the hottest day of all was 3 July, with temperatures reaching 35.9 °C (96.6 °F) in Cheltenham. This week highs of 31.6C (88.9F) were recorded at Heathrow and 30.2C (86.4F)...
Jul 15, 2022 · The heatwave saw a then-record temperature of 35.9C set in Cheltenham on 3 July, which remains one of the hottest days on record. Meanwhile, the heatwave saw a record June temperature - 35.6C...
Jul 19, 2022 · With temperatures topping 40C in London on Tuesday, Britain is experiencing its hottest day since records began, sizzling in weather hotter than Jamaica, the Maldives and Barbados.
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