Met Office 'sinister' warning as UK sees hottest June on record

A 'sinister' warning was issued by The Met Office as it was confirmed June was the hottest on record in the UK. Nationally, temperatures hit an average of 15.8C this year, surpassing the previous record of 14.9C.

"Using our... climate projections, we can also see that there is a difference in the frequency of these sorts of extremes depending on the emissions scenario we follow in the future. By the 2050s the chance of surpassing the previous record of 14.9C could be as high as around 50 per cent, or every other year.

The previous record, of 14.9C, was set in both 1940 and 1976. Records began in 1884. But some 72 counties across the UK set their hottest June since 1957, including Surrey, Somerset and Orkney, many of which recorded a mean temperature more than 2.5C above average.

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