Met Office confirms summer 2026 was the hottest on record

Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleThe UK has provisionally experienced its hottest summer since records began in 1884, with a mean average temperature of 16.5C across June, July and August. The Met Office recorded 40 days of temperatures above 30C, breaking the previous record of 34 days.This summer, the mean average temperature was 18.2C for England, 16.9C for Wales, 13.8C for Scotland, and 15.4C for Northern Ireland.Kew Gardens recorded the summer's peak temperature of 38.1C on 13 August, with temperatures reaching 37C or higher on three separate days this year. Dr Amy Doherty, who leads the national climate information centre at the Met Office, said: “These records are now breaking with increasing frequency, reflecting the influence of human-induced climate change on the temperatures we’re experiencing in the UK.”In fullSummer of 2026 named UK’s hottest on record after five heatwavesMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

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