June 2023 is on track to be the hottest June on record in a series which goes back to 1884.
While the forecast for the [last few days of the month] shows an unsettled picture with temperatures closer to average, this won’t be enough to prevent June 2023 being provisionally the UK’s hottest June on record, beating the previous record set in 1940, as well as June 1976 (part of the well-known summer of 1976), which is currently the second warmest June on record.
The Met Office’s Mike Kendon said: “With only a few days of near-average temperatures forecast for the remainder of the month, overall this June will turn out to be provisionally the hottest June on record for the UK for both mean and average maximum temperature.
Blogger: a number of mornings have generally been cooler than usual in June. There has been regular rainfall. Humidity has largely replaced heat - and you tend to first notice that at lower temperature levels. Early in the month, there were two days when we needed to use the central heating - unprecedented in June. We have had the bedroom window wide open on no more than five or six nights and the ceiling fan in our bedroom has only been used three times. I wear shorts in particularly hot weather. Some past Junes I have worn them throughout the entire month but this year, I have worn shorts for only about 70% or so of the month. It would never have occurred to me that this month could possibly be a record setter. Incidentally, there was no comparison with the scorching summer of 1976. I remember it vividly - I also recall perfectly how little sleep we had.
