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The most haunting image from that hot summer is of spanish farmer angel, hailed as a hero when he dug a trench with his bulldozer to stop the fire from spreading but he suffered severe burns and tragically died from his injuries in october. figures show the excess deaths reported across europe from the excessive heat waves numbered more than 20,000. raf coningsby is home to front line combat—ready squadrons protecting uk airspace whatever the weather, so it's crucial we get accurate forecasts. here we are in the met office forecast office, 20 years since i've been here. it has changed a litt...

Here, it was even more incredible and remarkable because our previous maximum was nowhere near, so it was extreme for the uk as a whole. even more extreme for the local area. at what point did you realise coningsby was going to be the hottest place ever recorded in the uk? it has to go through quite vigorous quality control before we officially get the record, so by the evening, we were pretty sure no one beat that 40.3 record, but we were not officially holding the uk record until some days later when they came under the control on the observation equipment. i did not think i would see 40 cel...

New data to compare how the climate is changing? great question. when we look at the records, these are from durham 0bservatory in 1890 and it can be quite difficult to read but they were very systematic. when we think about observations, we think about how they are used for weather forecasting, but the forecast we generate in the met office, there is observations coming in from a huge array of sources and it's important to understand the climate and if we want to understand the future climate, first we need to understand the climate now and we need to understand the climate in the past. we ha...

The most haunting image from that hot summer is of spanish farmer angel, hailed as a hero when he dug a trench with his bulldozer to stop the fire from spreading and he suffered severe burns and tragically died from his injuries in october. figures show the excess deaths reported across europe from the excessive heat waves numbered more than 20,000. raf coningsby is home to front line combat ready squadrons protecting uk airspace whatever the weather so it's crucial we get accurate forecasts. here we are in the met office forecast office, 20 years since i've been here. it has changed a little....

Product and show them those as well. more to come from coningsby later when i speak to pilots of aircraft new and old to see how heat and extreme weather effects operations. that new record of 40.3 is a significant moment in weather history. but every temperature reading, every weather observation plays its part in our understanding of how the climate is changing and that is why i am here at the national meteorological archive in exeter. it is home to daily uk weather reports from 1860 up to the present day, among a vast collection of data that makes up one of the most comprehensive meteorolog...