Fact of the day

The UK recorded its hottest summer on record in 2026, with average rainfall of 195mm, 23% below the 1991 to 2020 summer average; a postcode lookup built on the Met Office HadUK Grid dataset shows how hot and dry each area was, with southern England and Wales far above their usual temperatures.

Evidence

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⚠What it shows: Reported by BBC News (science & environment) and not verified by us: we could not trace this story to a published paper, so treat it as news rather than evidence we have checked.