Britain has endured its hottest summer on record, marked by successive heat waves, drought, destructive wildfires and water restrictions. The Met Office said the 16.5°C mean temperature surpassed last years record. Scientists say human-caused climate change made such extreme heat 130 times more likely, underscoring a deepening climate crisis.

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…