'Extreme heat is not a distant threat': UK on the brink of warmest summer on record

Stuart Stone
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Warmest UK summer since records began in 1884 ‘increasingly likely’, Met Office warns, as temperatures stay well above average

The UK is on course to record its warmest summer for mean temperature since records began in 1884, with only average conditions needed during the remainder of August to exceed a record set only last year....

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