It is a bit difficult to compare heatwaves every year as they are dependent on the location and the current Met office heatwave has been only since 2019.
A heatwave that occurs some point during summer is quite common.
And while this heatwave is being exposed as third, Scotland and Northern Ireland missed the heatwave in late June and early July.
The last time we experienced three heatwaves in the UK, it was 2022. This was still when Britain saw the highest temperature on record with 40.3C in Consbi.
In the context of ‘Number of Heatwave Days’ – when at least one UK was located from the current threshold temperature – till July 10, in 2025, 25 days in 2025.
According to the data of the weather website, only in 1989 and 2018 respectively, there were ‘heatwave days’ for this point for 26 and 34 days respectively. Starlinges Roast Weather, external,
While we can expect hot weather for at least a time during summer, the temperature in the next few days is about 7 to 10 C above the average of July.
Climate scientists are clear that the heatwaves with climate change will be more frequent, more intense and longer.
