A series of heatwaves leads Britain to record its hottest summer

• The season, marked by extreme heat, little rainfall, destructive wildfires, and water restrictions, snapped the record set only a year earlier, the Met Office said, citing provisional data recorded since 1884.
• The mean average temperature of 16.5 Celsius (61.7 Fahrenheit) surpassed the 16.1 C (61 F) from 20