Last month was the hottest June on record, the Met Office has confirmed today.
June's average mean temperature of 15.8C beats the previous record of 14.9C but Met Office has stressed this is a warning climate change is having a huge impact.
Paul Davies, Met Office climate extremes principal fellow and chief meteorologist, said: "The background warming of the Earth's atmosphere due to human induced climate change has driven up the possibility of reaching record high temperatures.
