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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.
Jul 22, 2022 · A new event summary from the Met Office shows that the UK’s recent extreme heat was far more intense and widespread than previous comparable heatwaves. This was the first time 40°C has been...
In early August 2020, at least twenty stations across southern England recorded maximum temperatures reaching 34 °C or more on six consecutive days. Five “tropical nights” were also recorded,...
The United Kingdom experienced three heatwaves; the first was for three days in June, the second for three days in July, and the third for six days in August. These were periods of unusually hot weather caused by rising high pressure up from the European continent.
The UK experienced a brief but unprecedented extreme heatwave from 16 to 19 July 2022, as hot air moved north from the near-continent, with extreme temperatures recorded on both 18th...
Jul 19, 2022 · According to provisional Met Office data, Coningsby in Lincolnshire has reported temperatures of 40.3C - the highest recorded in the UK before today was 38.7C, at Cambridge Botanic Gardens on...
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From 22nd June to 16th July 1976, somewhere in the UK exceeded 25°C every day. Even more remarkable, for 15 consecutive days from 23rd June to 7th July 1976 temperatures in Britain reached at least 32.2°C every day.
