UK summer was hottest on record, Met Office says, after severe heat, drought
Final August figures are expected to push the season past 2025, when the UK set a mean summer temperature of 16.10C, the Met Office said.
- The Met Office is expected to confirm on Tuesday that summer 2026 was the hottest on record for the country, with official data arriving on the first day of meteorological autumn.
- Several records tumbled as five heatwaves hit the country this meteorological summer. Scientists note that British weather is getting warmer, with all five hottest summers occurring since 2000.
- Wet and windy conditions marked the start of the new season, with five flood alerts issued across England. Most of England and the whole of Wales remain in drought, with experts warning conditions will worsen without sustained rainfall.
- Summer 2025 previously held the record with a mean average temperature of 16.10C. Now, just a year later, that record has likely been surpassed as the country experienced multiple extreme heat events.
- Forecasters predict a period of unsettled weather into September, with rainfall concentrated in the North West and Scotland, while the South and East face longer, drier spells.
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UK chalks up hottest summer on record for second year running
Britain experienced its hottest summer on record for the second year in a row, the UK's national weather agency announced Tuesday, after weeks of successive heatwaves and widespread drought conditions.
The United Kingdom (UK) has recorded its hottest summer on record for the second year in a row, the country's National Meteorological Service said on Tuesday.
UK summer was hottest on record, Met Office says, after severe heat, drought
Britain experienced its hottest summer since records began in 1884, according to provisional Met Office statistics published on Tuesday, after a season of intense heat and drought.
UK summer named hottest on record after five heatwaves and raging wildfires
UK summer named hottest on record after five heatwaves and raging wildfires . The summer of 2026 has been provisionally declared the UK’s warmest on record, with a mean average temperature across June, July and August of 16
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