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Summer 2026 expected to be declared UK’s hottest on record

Met Office figures due on Tuesday are likely to show that the previous record, set in 2025, has been broken after an unprecedented summer of persistent heat.

Summer 2026 expected to be declared UK’s hottest on record
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Pressivio’s Science desk has added the source report “Summer 2026 expected to be declared UK's hottest on record” to its international monitoring stream.

Met Office figures due on Tuesday are likely to show that the previous record, set in 2025, has been broken after an unprecedented summer of persistent heat.

Original source: BBC Science and Environment
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