The average temperature in July in Antarctica was 3.1 degrees C above seasonal norms, reported the British Antarctic Survey, a British institute specialising in the study of polar regions, quoted by AFP. This marks the warmest July since 1981.more
After sweltering temperatures earlier this week another heatwave could soon hit the UK. London and other parts of southern England endured highs of 34C on Monday, on what was the hottest day of the year so far.more
UK households are being advised to prepare for potential power cuts due to thunder and lightning storms by stockpiling five essential items before Thursday. The recent heatwave, which has seen much of England and Wales bask in hot sunny weather, is predicted to end abruptly with the arrival of these storms.more
34.8 degrees Celsius was recorded yesterday afternoon in Cambridge, which is the highest temperature this year in Great Britain, the Met Office said.more
Thunderstorm warnings have been issued for parts of the UK, as a plume of heat looks set to make Monday the hottest day of the year so far. The Met Office has issued two yellow thunderstorm warnings which affect Northern Ireland, northern England and Scotland tonight and into Monday morning.more
Temperatures could soar over 30C in some parts of the UK over the weekend and early part of next week. Sunday and Monday are expected to be the hottest days, with temperatures of up to the "mid-30s" expected in the south east of England, according to BBC Weather.more
More than 120 people died from heatstroke in Tokyo in July, mostly in un-air-conditioned rooms, Japanese broadcaster NHK reported yesterday. In South Korea, extreme heat last weekend alone led to the deaths of five people.more
The exceptionally severe heat that has been prevailing in Italy for weeks has not left large cities. Twelve of them are on the highest alert level on Thursday. Five of them are located in the capital region of Lazio. In Rome, extremely exhausted foreign tourists also come to the emergency room.more
Due to climate change and the record-breaking heat, the labour ministry is considering a solution where employees are dismissed to go home once the maximum temperature is exceeded, reported today's issue of the ‘Dziennik Gazeta Prawna’.more
A yellow heat health warning has been issued for London as temperatures are set to soar to 32C, with forecasters predicting a heatwave to sweep across the UK this week.more
The last weekend of July in Italy is the hottest so far this year, meteorologists warn. The severe heatwave with temperatures reaching 40 degrees C coincides with millions of people going on holiday and traffic jams on the motorways.more
Humanity must confront the ‘epidemic of extreme heat’ it has caused, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on Thursday. According to scientists, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday were the warmest days on Earth in the history of measuring.more
London is set to bid farewell to July with a glorious burst of warm sunshine, as forecasters predict temperatures will soar to a balmy 27C in the coming days. The Met Office forecasts a steady improvement in weather conditions over the coming days, with Friday expected to usher in clearer skies and welcome sunny spells.more
Sunday, July 21, was the world's warmest day on record, according to data from the European climate change monitoring service Copernicus, which has been tracking global weather phenomena since 1940. On that day, the average air temperature on the Earth's surface reached 17.09 degrees Celsius.more
Problems with water supply to homes and with crop irrigation, puddle-like lakes - this is the situation in some areas of Sicily, where persistent temperatures of up to 40 degrees for more than two weeks have exacerbated the drought crisis. Severe agricultural losses are being reported.more
Parts of the UK could be hit by a burst of 30C heat by the end of this week, following an unusually wet start to July.
The warm blast is expected to arrive in the South East of England on Friday. Temperatures could set a new record for the hottest day of the year, after 30.5C was recorded in Wisley, Surrey on June 26. more
12 Italian cities are on the highest alert level today due to heatwaves. Temperatures even exceed 40 degrees. In turn, in Dubrovnik, located on the Adriatic coast of Croatia, the highest sea temperature in the history of the country was recorded yesterday, nearly 30 degrees Celsius - reported the Index website.more
A red alert is in effect today due to heatwaves in 11 cities in Italy. In the south, temperatures will reach 42 degrees Celsius. The highest weather alert related to exceptionally high temperatures is also in force throughout Croatia, informed the State Hydrometeorological Institute (DHMZ).more
So far, the great British summer has been a bit of a let down. While we did have a few days of warm and sunny weather last month, with a heatwave declared and highs of 31°C reported, our luck hasn’t held out and instead we’ve been subjected to rain and clouds.more
Beryllium struck the US coast yesterday, spawning several tornadoes and leaving seven victims in Texas and one in Louisiana, as well as three million utility customers without power. It later weakened to a tropical storm and then a tropical depression.more
June's weather may have felt erratic at times - but for some social media users, there was nothing random about it. They wrongly blamed it on "weather manipulation" and "geoengineering". Others accused weather presenters of "hiding the truth" from the public.more
Australian meteorologists announced that today the temperature in Melbourne may drop to 0 degrees Celsius and it will be the coldest morning in this city since 2015. There have been heavy rains on the east coast of Australia for a week. These phenomena are related to a record-breaking high atmospheric pressure system.more
Britain is about to turn unseasonably ‘autumnal’ with Polar winds to make it “cold enough for ice”. Last week’s mini heatwave will feel like a distant memory as temperatures in remote spots plunge to single figures.more
Wednesday was the hottest day of the year so far, the Met Office has said - as thousands of Brits rushed to the beach, went for a swim and flocked to Glastonbury. Forecasters said temperatures soared as high as 30.3C at Heathrow Airport while most of southern England was in the high 20s.more
