# UK provisionally records its hottest summer > The Met Office says summer 2026 averaged 16.5°C, making it the UK’s warmest season in records dating to 1884. - Canonical URL: https://newsverum.com/en/news/uk-summer-2026-provisionally-hottest-on-record - Publisher: Newsverum - Section: Climate - Published: 2026-10-06T08:59:01+00:00 - Updated: 2026-10-07T05:59:05+03:00 - Event / data period: 2026-06 - Other editions: [Türkçe](https://newsverum.com/tr/news/uk-summer-2026-provisionally-hottest-on-record.md), [العربية](https://newsverum.com/ar/news/uk-summer-2026-provisionally-hottest-on-record.md), [Français](https://newsverum.com/fr/news/uk-summer-2026-provisionally-hottest-on-record.md), [Español](https://newsverum.com/es/news/uk-summer-2026-provisionally-hottest-on-record.md), [Deutsch](https://newsverum.com/de/news/uk-summer-2026-provisionally-hottest-on-record.md), [Português](https://newsverum.com/pt/news/uk-summer-2026-provisionally-hottest-on-record.md) The UK’s mean temperature for June to August 2026 was 16.5°C, according to the Met Office’s provisional assessment published on 1 September. That exceeded the previous summer record in the series beginning in 1884. The agency’s rapid attribution analysis estimated that a summer of this warmth had become about 130 times more likely because of human-caused climate change. This is an event-attribution result; one season alone does not establish the global trend. ## Data ### Source-reported figure Measurement or forecast published by the official source. Methodology: Stores the source-reported value and period without conversion or an independent forecast. | label | value | unit | period | basis | |---|---|---|---|---| | UK mean temperature, June–August | 16.5 | °C | 2026 | observed | Sources: · Download data: [JSON](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/uk-summer-2026-provisionally-hottest-on-record/data/reported-figure?lang=en&format=json) · [CSV](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/uk-summer-2026-provisionally-hottest-on-record/data/reported-figure?lang=en&format=csv) ## Sources - [UK Met Office]() (Source checked: 2026-10-06; Published: 2026-09-01) ## Correction history - 2026-10-07T00:49:08+03:00: German and Portuguese editions and translations of the data and correction explanations have been added to this article. - 2026-10-07T05:59:05+03:00: Data classification added: each figure now carries a measure identifier with its unit, geography, frequency and type. No figure, unit or date changed. --- Cite the canonical URL above. [Editorial standards and corrections](https://newsverum.com/en/editorial)