In July 2022, people in the UK were caught off guard. The country experienced its first recorded temperature above 40°C on 19 July, when the mercury climbed to a high of 40.3°C at Coningsby in Lincolnshire.
There’s still a “remember where you were when” quality to the baking hot air that day. But summer 2022’s intense heatwave should not be dismissed as an isolated occurrence, according to a new report from the Met Office.
