England records its warmest June since 1865, with temperatures nearly 3°C above average

Chris Fawkes

5d ago· 2 min readenNews

Summary

England experienced its warmest June on record in 2026, with mean temperatures reaching 17.1°C — nearly 3°C above average. The UK as a whole saw its second warmest June. A new UK June temperature record of 37.7°C (99.9°F) was set on 26 June in Norfolk, surpassing the previous record from 1957 and the infamous 1976 heatwave. The month featured frequent tropical nights where temperatures stayed above 20°C.

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Last month was the warmest June on record for England, and the second warmest for the UK as a whole, according to provisional data from the Met Office.

The month was hot by day and hot by night with June mean temperatures reaching 17.1C, nearly 3C above average.

The UK's highest June temperature on record of 37.7C (99.9F) was set on Friday 26 June 2026 at Lingwood, Norfolk smashing the previous high of 35.6C (96F) set in 1957 and equalled in the infamous 1976 heatwave.

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England saw its warmest June since records began in 1865 and the second warmest for the whole of the UK according to data just released by the Met Office.

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