Britain is experiencing its hottest summer this year.

Arabian Sea Newspaper - Special

**Arab Gulf - Follow-ups:** **Britain experienced its hottest summer this year since records began in 1884, surpassing the record set in 2018, according to the Meteorological Agency.** **The average temperature recorded between June 1st and August 31st was 16.10 degrees Celsius, with a maximum temperature of 35.8 degrees Celsius in Kent (southeast England) on July 1st, and four heat waves.** **The five hottest summers in Britain have been recorded after 2000, with temperatures rising by an average of 0.25 degrees Celsius per decade, according to the Meteorological Agency.** **The record temperature of 40.3 degrees Celsius in July 2022 was not broken, but the summer of 2025 saw four heat waves, with temperatures ranging between 25 and 28 degrees depending on the region, for at least three consecutive days.** **The agency noted that "the probability of a summer as hot as 2025 or hotter is now seventy times higher due to human-caused greenhouse gas emissions."** **In a country where homes are not designed to withstand such intense heat, a third of Britons said they had difficulty this summer in reducing the heat in their homes, according to a study published by the "Citizens Advice" association in late August.** **Between March and May, Britain, known for its continental climate, experienced its warmest and driest spring in more than half a century. Summer rainfall was 16 percent below the seasonal average.** **In mid-August, the Environment Agency announced that water scarcity in England had become a severe national problem.**