England recorded its second warmest June on record since 1884, with spring being the warmest and sunniest season ever documented, including two distinct heatwaves. Met Office Climate Scientist Dr. Amy Doherty emphasized the certainty of human influence on the occurrence and intensity of extreme heat events. Historical data points to a significant increase in heat events correlated with human activities. Met Office projections suggest that future climate patterns will see more frequent hot spells, especially in southeast England, with rising temperatures expected across all seasons but most notably during summer.
While we've not conducted formal climate attribution studies into June 2025's two heatwaves, past studies have shown it is virtually certain that human influence has increased the occurrence and intensity of extreme heat events such as this.
Numerous climate attribution studies have shown that human influence increased the chance that specific extreme heat events would occur, such as the summer of 2018 and July 2022.
Our Met Office climate projections indicate that hot spells will become more frequent in our future climate, particularly over the southeast of the UK.
Temperatures are projected to rise in all seasons, but the heat would be most intense in summer.
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