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Record Summer Temperatures - Climate Conversations

Record Summer Temperatures - Climate Conversations

Update: 2025-06-18
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After 40 Celsius was recorded in the UK for the first time in 2022, a report looking into the increasing chances of this happening again has been published. Clare Nasir takes us through the impacts of the extreme heat and then Alex Burkill catches up with the author of the report, Dr Gillian Kay, to discuss the importance of these findings.


Check out the report's press release here:

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/news-and-media/media-centre/weather-and-climate-news/2025/met-office-report-details-rising-likelihood-of-uk-hot-days

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Record Summer Temperatures - Climate Conversations

Record Summer Temperatures - Climate Conversations

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