Weather forecasters have released provisional figures indicating the average temperature for the months of June, July and August blew past previous records by 0.4C

Britain has officially sweated through its hottest summer since records began in 1884, with most of England and all of Wales still in drought after five scorching heatwaves.

Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleThe UK has provisionally experienced its hottest summer since records began in 1884, with a mean average temperature of 16.5C across…