The UK is on track for one of its hottest summers on record, the Met Office has said.

The summer has been marked by persistent warm temperatures even outside the four heatwaves which have hit the country, with June and July both seeing well above-average conditions.

And the north-east has not avoided the heat, with temperatures skimming 30C in parts of Aberdeenshire during the unusually warm weather.

With two weeks to go until the end of the meteorological summer, conditions could still shift, but the season’s overall warmth and consistently above-average temperatures mean it could rank among the UK’s warmest in records dating back to 1884.

Provisional figures from the Met Office show that the UK’s average temperature from June 1 to August 17 stands at 16.2C, some 1.6C above the

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