UK, Japan, South Korea endure hottest summer on record

London (AFP) Sept 1, 2025

The UK, Japan and South Korea sweltered this year through the hottest summers since each country began keeping records, their weather agencies said Monday. Temperatures the world over have soared in recent years as human-induced climate change creates ever more erratic weather patterns. The UK's provisional mean June-August temperature was 16.1C, which was 1.51C above the long-term avera