rain, does it? not in the next few days. if you look around you can see here on primrose hilljust how parched the ground is. this is normally green grass. it is very brown at the moment. the 1986 heat wave was longer than this. damages exceeded 32 to grayson is on one or more stations in 15 consecutive days in late june, stations in 15 consecutive days in latejune, earlyjuly. the highest temperature in 1976 was actually 35.9 celsius. cast your mind back to the 19th ofjuly, we had the highest temperature ever recorded in the uk, and that was in coningsby in lincolnshire, 40.3 celsius. we are not expecting the temperature to reach those levels in this current heatwave. the met office injuly had a two day red extreme heat warning in force, that is the top level. this time we have got a number extreme heat warning in force. that is a level down but still obviously to be taken seriously. it is for a
there have been problems with both leaks and supplies, with tankers sent out to replenish them. hosepipe bans are already in place in parts of the country, with more planned. and rivers running low, or dried out completely, not helped by more hot weather on the way. francis read, bbc news. let s get the latest weatherfrom carol, who s at primrose hill in north london. morning. it looks absolutely stunning there. and of course it is. but i can see how parched the ground is. and this weather warning is amber. we had a red one last time around? ., , amber. we had a red one last time around? . , ., ., around? that s right, naga. the red one was also around? that s right, naga. the red one was also for around? that s right, naga. the red one was also for extreme around? that s right, naga. the red one was also for extreme heat - around? that s right, naga. the red one was also for extreme heat and l around? that s right, naga. the red| one was also for extreme heat and it was the f
could see some showers on sunday. next week there is a greater chance of rain. again, not all of us will see it. it will not necessarily fall in areas where we do need it. if you re remember, we had a temperature of 40.3 celsius on the 19th ofjuly. that was the highest temperature ever recorded in the uk. and at the time the met office issued its first ever red extreme heat warning. this time we have got a amber extreme heat warning. it is more prolonged. this is forfor days. four days. temperatures expected to get into the mid 30s. up to 37 celsius in parts of central england. if we look around, you can seejust england. if we look around, you can see just how parched the ground is. it is cracked in places as well. some parts of hampshire, for example, have not had any measurable rain for 41 days, more especially odium. if we exceed 35 celsius in
and the isle of man, a hosepipe ban was announced today. it has also been hot. and last week there were unprecedented temperatures recorded in england, scotland and wales. but why was it so extreme? for the last ten days, some of the world s leading climate scientists have been working around the clock to establish what role humans played in last week s heatwave. so what did the scientists find out? firstly, they said the extremely high temperatures 40.3 celsius seen in lincolnshire are still a rare event, there isjust a one in 100 chance of that happening in any particular year. but here s the really interesting bit. they ran their weather models without the greenhouse gases that warm atmosphere and they found last week s heatwave was made more than ten times more likely by climate change. the scientists concluded the record temperatures were due directly to man made global warming.
they can be amber and, of course, the highest level, which is red. and the extreme heat warnings from the met office only started in 2021 and that s because, well, if you think about it, we warn for heavy rain that causes flooding, we warn for winter storms that can bring severe disruption. why wouldn t we warn for extreme heat, because that can bring widespread travel disruption and, of course, heat has serious impacts on people s health. it s very rare for us to issue a red warning at for any kind of weather. we are expecting unprecedentedly hot temperatures for the uk over a large area. and all our warnings are based on the impact that we expect that to have on human health and property and infrastructure and when we put out a red, we mean we expect danger to life and widespread infrastructure disruption, so we really do want people to take it seriously and take action. the predictions were spot on this has been the hottest day recorded in the uk. in coningsby, in lincolnshire,