Summer of 2026 was UK’s hottest on record, Met Office says
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"Summer of 2026 was UK’s hottest on record, Met Office says" is generating significant coverage in the World category, with 8 articles from 8 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include businessgreen.com, New Scientist, The Times and Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit | ECIU. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Coverage (8)
- Study: Summer 2026 heatwaves cost UK hospitality sector £95m a year in extra energy businessgreen.com · 54d ago
- The UK just had its hottest summer ever New Scientist · 54d ago
- September follows hottest summer with high temperature records The Times · 54d ago
- Summer 2026 provisionally hottest on record for UK: comment Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit | ECIU · 54d ago
- Britain isn’t ready for ‘weather whiplash’ The Independent · 54d ago
- What will you tell your grandchildren about the summer of '26? BBC · 54d ago
- A series of heat waves leads Britain to record its hottest summer AP News · 54d ago
- Summer of 2026 was UK’s hottest on record, Met Office says theguardian.com · 54d ago
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