A drought was declared for parts of England after the driest summer in 50 years
(Picture: PA)England has had its joint hottest summer since records began and continues to have its warmest year ever, provisional statistics from the Met Office have confirmed.
The mean temperature over summer was 17.1C, equalling that of summer 2018. Long, dry spells of warm weather caused heatwaves to develop each month, but most notably in July when temperatures soared to above 40C, a new UK record.
