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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.
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 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 17, 2013 · In between much of the UK endured the longest drought and hottest summer on record. It had been the first year where fields of oilseed rape became common and they had already brought their ...
People on social media have been comparing the high temperatures in much of the UK with the heatwave of 1976, suggesting that the severity of the current hot weather is being exaggerated.
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 18, 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 the most severe droughts for the past 150 years.
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