Summer 2025 ‘warmest on record’

Four heatwaves hit nation in few months

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Britain sweltered through its hottest summer on record this year, the UK’s meteorological agency announced on Monday, the latest in astring of global temperature records.

“Provisional Met Office statistics show that summer 2025 is officially the warmest on record with a mean temperature of 16.10C, surpassing the previous record of 15.76C set in 2018,” Met Office scientist Emily Carlisle said ina statement.

Scientists have warned persistently that human-driven climate change is resulting in more frequent and intense weather events worldwide.

In Britain, “the persistent warmth this year has been driven by a combination of factors including the domination of high-pressure systems, unusually warm seas around the UK and the dry spring soils,” Ms Carlisle said.