UK, Japan, South Korea endure hottest summer on record
AFP
1 September 2025 | 13:44
LONDON - The UK, Japan and South Korea sweltered this year through the hottest summers since each country began keeping records, their weather agencies said Monday.
Temperatures the world over have soared in recent years as human-induced climate change creates ever more erratic weather patterns.
The UK's provisional mean June-August temperature was 16.1C, which was 1.51C above the long-term average and surpassed all years since 1884, including the previous record, set in 2018, the Met Office said.
The British summer saw four heatwaves, below-average rainfall and sustained sunshine, and followed the nation's warmest spring in more than a century ...
https://www.ewn.co.za/uk-japan-south-korea-endure-hottest-summer-on-record/
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