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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Rupert Neate

Wednesday briefing: Why the UK is so chilly this June – and why it won’t get much warmer any time soon

Racegoers enjoying horse racing in the rain at the Royal Windsor Racecourse Irish night, 10 June.
Racegoers enjoying horse racing in the rain at the Royal Windsor Racecourse Irish night, 10 June. Photograph: Maureen McLean/Rex/Shutterstock

Good morning. First of all an apology, yesterday’s newsletter was sent out in error – we apologise for the mistake, and below is today’s First Edition.

Isn’t it an unseasonably chilly one? Yesterday I found myself fishing out a winter wooly hat for the morning dog walk here in London. But is it really that cold for mid-June or do we all just think it’s cold because we’ve got used to recent warmer summers caused by the climate crisis and global heating?

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