<p>England experienced its joint hottest summer on record this year, tied with 2018, the country's meteorological agency said Thursday, based on its provisional mean temperature statistics.</p>.<p>"This means that four of the five warmest summers on record for England have occurred since 2003, as the effects of human-induced climate change are felt on England's summer temperatures," said the Met Office, whose records date back to 1884.</p>.<p>Like much of northwest Europe, large swathes of England have been in drought for weeks after exceptionally high temperatures and several heatwaves alongside minimal rainfall.</p>.<p>The country smashed its all-time temperature record in July, when the mercury topped 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) for the first time ever.</p>.<p>Meanwhile the Met Office said last month that the period from January to June this year saw the least rainfall in England and Wales since 1976.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/second-edit/climate-impacts-visible-everywhere-1138707.html" target="_blank">Climate impacts visible everywhere</a></strong></p>.<p>In its latest release detailing the three-month summer period from June, it said England's mean temperature of 17.1 degree Celsius was the joint warmest ever recorded, equalling the summer of four years ago.</p>.<p>The warmest and driest areas relative to average were in the east, with East Anglia and parts of northeast England seeing their hottest summer on record.</p>.<p>Across the entire UK -- which also includes Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland -- it was provisionally the fourth warmest summer.</p>.<p>The top UK summers were all very close in temperature, with the two hottest ever averaging 15.8 degrees and the two second hottest 15.7 degrees.</p>.<p>"For many this summer's record-breaking heat in July... will be the season's most memorable aspect," Mark McCarthy of the National Climate Information Centre, said in a statement.</p>.<p>"However, for England to achieve its joint warmest summer takes more than extreme heat over a couple of days, so we shouldn't forget that we experienced some persistently warm and hot spells through June and August too."</p>
<p>England experienced its joint hottest summer on record this year, tied with 2018, the country's meteorological agency said Thursday, based on its provisional mean temperature statistics.</p>.<p>"This means that four of the five warmest summers on record for England have occurred since 2003, as the effects of human-induced climate change are felt on England's summer temperatures," said the Met Office, whose records date back to 1884.</p>.<p>Like much of northwest Europe, large swathes of England have been in drought for weeks after exceptionally high temperatures and several heatwaves alongside minimal rainfall.</p>.<p>The country smashed its all-time temperature record in July, when the mercury topped 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) for the first time ever.</p>.<p>Meanwhile the Met Office said last month that the period from January to June this year saw the least rainfall in England and Wales since 1976.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/second-edit/climate-impacts-visible-everywhere-1138707.html" target="_blank">Climate impacts visible everywhere</a></strong></p>.<p>In its latest release detailing the three-month summer period from June, it said England's mean temperature of 17.1 degree Celsius was the joint warmest ever recorded, equalling the summer of four years ago.</p>.<p>The warmest and driest areas relative to average were in the east, with East Anglia and parts of northeast England seeing their hottest summer on record.</p>.<p>Across the entire UK -- which also includes Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland -- it was provisionally the fourth warmest summer.</p>.<p>The top UK summers were all very close in temperature, with the two hottest ever averaging 15.8 degrees and the two second hottest 15.7 degrees.</p>.<p>"For many this summer's record-breaking heat in July... will be the season's most memorable aspect," Mark McCarthy of the National Climate Information Centre, said in a statement.</p>.<p>"However, for England to achieve its joint warmest summer takes more than extreme heat over a couple of days, so we shouldn't forget that we experienced some persistently warm and hot spells through June and August too."</p>