Record breaking UK heatwaves hit Bronte Country
Following on from a series of generally increasingly hot summers and the droughts of 2022 and 2025 exceptionally high temperatures have again been experienced in the Bronte Country area and other parts of Yorkshire.
Only weeks after the spring heatwave when recorded night time temperatures at Emley Moor rose above 20C for the first time ever in May (see e.g. the UK Met Office blog for more details) the beginning of astronomical summer and the first heatwave of June saw the Bronte Country area experiencing yet more extreme hot weather conditions.
Exceptionally high temperatures were recorded at different weather stations across Yorkshire and other parts of the UK with the June temperature record having being broken on three consecutive days running.
With data having been reviewed in early July it was announced that the previous month was England's warmest June so far on record.
More record breaking heatwave conditions were experienced during the first half of July, following a trend of generally increasingly hot summers in the UK.
[News item posted by Eagle Intermedia - June / July 2026.]
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