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Met Office: UK summer is the warmest on record.

The Met Office said that the UK has had its hottest summer since 1884. Due to climate change caused by humans, it is more likely for the country to experience similar weather in the near future.

As global warming continues to intensify, countries around the world have been experiencing record heat in recent times. The summer of 2024 is now considered the hottest on record.

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Heatwaves in Europe this summer have contributed to

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In countries like Spain and Portugal.

The Met Office reported that the average temperature in Britain during summer months June, July, and August was 16.10 degrees Celsius, which is 60.98 degrees Fahrenheit. This year's record, 15.76 C (60.98 F), has been surpassed. The summer 2025 average is 1.51 C higher than the long-term weather average.

Mark McCarthy, the head of climate attribution at the Met Office said, "Our analysis shows the summer of 2025 is more likely due to the greenhouse gases we have released since industrialization."

Our changing climate means that what was once considered extremes are now more common.

This summer Britain experienced four heatwaves, with the highest temperature recorded at 35.8 C in Faversham, south-east England. This was lower than UK's highest temperature of?40.3 C, which occurred in summer 2022. (Reporting and editing by William James; Sachin Ravikumar)

(source: Reuters)