London, United Kingdom: England had its joint hottest summer on record this year, tied with 2018, the country's meteorological agency said Thursday Friday in Manila) as it unveiled provisional mean temperature statistics for the three-month period.

The announcement comes with most of England and Wales gripped by drought after exceptionally high temperatures and several heatwaves alongside minimal rainfall, mirroring conditions seen across northwest Europe.

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