The Met Office has confirmed we just experienced the hottest June in British history.
Average temperatures for June 2023 hit 15.8C, which is 0.9C hotter than the joint previous record of 14.9C in 1940 and 1979, according to provisional figures. Overall, 72 countries saw the hottest June since records began in 1884.
It comes after a rapid study by Met Office scientists concluded that the odds of a June beating the previous record of 14.9C, like we have in 2023, has at least doubled since around 1940. Paul Davies, Met Office Climate Extremes Principal Fellow and Chief Meteorologist, explains: “We found that the chance of observing a June beating the previous joint 1940/1976 record of 14.9°C has at least doubled since the 1940s.
