Heatwave: England has had joint hottest summer on record, Met Office says
Temperatures this summer tied with 2018, according to data stretching back to 1884. …
Hot and dry conditions have dried up rivers, damaged crops and fuelled wildfires, as well as leaving much of England in drought. For both England and the UK as a whole, it has been the driest year so far since 1976, according to the UK meteorological service’s provisional data.