Temperatures have been steadily climbing for several days now, reaching 32C (89.6F) at Northolt, northwest London, at 3pm on Monday
Yes, says the Met Office. It looked at the summer of 2018, the joint warmest on record.
It found the chance of such a hot summer in a natural climate was just 0.5%. But because of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, that had increased to 12%.In other words, a record summer is almost 30 times more likely now as a result of climate change. The warming trend will accelerate. By mid-century, the Met Office predicts a summer as hot as 2018 will happen every other year.
And if greenhouse gas emissions continue to climb as predicted, by the end of the century UK temperatures will peak at 40C or more once every three to four years.'Don't shrivel up like a raisin' - heatwave tips Such sweltering heat is life-threatening - particularly for the young and old - when temperatures remain high for several days.Living in Britain's heating climate is going to be increasingly uncomfortable for us all. And deadly for some.
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