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Britain Records Hottest Summer on Record Amid Climate Crisis

The UK's National Weather Service confirmed 2026 was the hottest summer on record due to successive heatwaves.

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The Met Office confirmed on September 1, 2026, that Britain's summer of successive heatwaves was the hottest on record, surpassing the previous record set in 2025. [1] Record-breaking heat waves in May and June led to an estimated 2,877 excess deaths in England, according to the UK's Health Security Agency. [2] The Met Office announced that Summer 2026 was provisionally the UK's warmest summer on record, with a mean temperature of 16.5°C (62°F) between June and August. [3] The Met Office stated that human-induced climate change made the 2026 summer mean temperature approximately 130 times more likely to occur. [4] The mean average temperature of 16.5 Celsius (61.7 Fahrenheit) in 2026 surpassed the 16.1 Celsius (61 Fahrenheit) mark recorded in 2025, which had previously beaten the 2018 record of 15.7 Celsius. [5] The 2026 summer average temperature of 16.5°C broke the previous record of 16.1°C (61°F) set in 2025. [6]
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  1. The Met Office confirmed on September 1, 2026, that Britain's summer of successive heatwaves was the hottest on record, surpassing the previous record set in 2025. · Winnipeg Free Press
  2. Record-breaking heat waves in May and June led to an estimated 2,877 excess deaths in England, according to the UK's Health Security Agency. · Phys.org
  3. The Met Office announced that Summer 2026 was provisionally the UK's warmest summer on record, with a mean temperature of 16.5°C (62°F) between June and August. · Phys.org
  4. The Met Office stated that human-induced climate change made the 2026 summer mean temperature approximately 130 times more likely to occur. · Phys.org
  5. The mean average temperature of 16.5 Celsius (61.7 Fahrenheit) in 2026 surpassed the 16.1 Celsius (61 Fahrenheit) mark recorded in 2025, which had previously beaten the 2018 record of 15.7 Celsius. · Winnipeg Free Press
  6. The 2026 summer average temperature of 16.5°C broke the previous record of 16.1°C (61°F) set in 2025. · Phys.org
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