The summer of 1976 was an extraordinary heatwave for its time. With 15 consecutive days of temperatures over 32°C, it was an unprecedented length for a UK heatwave, coming at the end of a year-long ...

How does this year’s record-breaking heatwave compare to 1976? - The previous record for the hottest June temperature of 35.6C was set in 1976 in Southampton ...

The 1976 heatwave, exactly 50 years ago, gave Cumbria one of its driest, hottest summers of the 20th century, with parched ...

Heatwave? HEATWAVE? Millennials moaning about the temperature don’t know they’re born. Yes, our genitals are melting on public transport, it’s too hot to go out to the cinema or stay in and watch ...