Hot summer days will now have to reach 28C (82.4F) in parts of England to be declared a heatwave
The weather body calculates heatwave thresholds from historical data, previously on the period 1981-2010. The new limits are based on data from 1991-2020."What we previously thought of as an unusually hot summer will soon become common... And things are only going to get worse," he said.
Heatwave thresholds are different to extreme heat warnings, which highlight very high temperatures to help protect lives and property.
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