When was britains hottest summer

Sizzling Shorts, standpipes, sunglasses. UK heatwave The winners and losers. Image source, EPA. How does the heatwave compare to ?

Your heatwave questions answered Next few years could be 'exceptionally warm'. Image source, PA. People enjoying the sunshine at beach huts on Barry Island, south Wales. This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Thousands have flocked to beaches, including this one at Bournemouth A warmer autumn? You must enable JavaScript to view this content.

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Sorry, there was a problem. More from News. The UK as a whole has had its ninth hottest summer on record, with an average of This is the hottest summer for the UK since While and both experienced extreme heatwave events, in contrast temperatures reached a peak of However, relatively high temperatures in June and July, coupled with persistently high minimum temperatures and relative warmth across the north of the UK have pushed this year up the rankings.

As outlined in our recent blog , the conditions have not been consistent across the UK. The south - east corner of the UK also saw less sunshine than the long-term average. Denis Howell was renamed the minister for floods.

My sister, the breech baby who refused to turn, was born at the end of September, with a dislocated hip. My parents were told that she might never walk, that she might have one leg shorter than the other; even if she did walk, she would have a limp.

Had I wished ill upon the baby? Was it my fault? It had been bad already, but I had made it worse. I was sent away to live with my grandparents, a relief after the tense, hot summer months, even if I was physically separated from my beloved George.

In the event, and this took around a year to work itself out, my sister turned out fine. She was in plaster for 12 months, but it worked. I did not have to live with the knowledge that I had crippled her for life by wishing that she were not born and it would just be about me and only me for ever. Things did not work out as I had hoped between George and me, despite our Hula Hoop engagement rings.

My parents and I moved away the following summer, and I never saw him again, except on Facebook. He now has a very cool job in the music industry and travels the world managing The Mission.

And, obviously, I have never made any of my children wear dungarees. James Callaghan wins the leadership contest. Fashion Patchwork denim, Scholl sandals , denim cutoffs, flares, maxi dresses. Pointless craze The Space Hopper. Theresa May steps up without having to fight a leadership contest. Fashion Bomber jackets, white leather trainers, denim cutoffs, flares, maxi dresses. Andy Murray wins Wimbledon for the second time. Was the summer of the best Britain ever had?

Sunbathing in Kensington Gardens, London, in June , the warmest summer on record.