Summer 2026 on course to be UK’s hottest on record, Met Office says

Provisional figures show only average conditions needed for rest of August to beat record set only last year.

Provisional figures show only average conditions needed for rest of August to beat record set only last year.

Prediction comes amid warning of ‘extreme heat’ this week with temperatures of 38C possible The Guardian’s environment editor, Fiona Harvey, has written a useful explainer about the UK public services that are struggling in the extreme weather. You can read it in full here: There’s only one solution in the end to the d

Only average conditions are needed for the remainder of August to break the record, which was set just last year.