As for the UK, note also that the highest temperature during the 1976 heatwave in the UK was 35.9 °C. We've just had over 40 °C here – nearly 5 °C more, half a

As for the UK, note also that the highest temperature during the 1976 heatwave in the UK was 35.9 °C. We've just had over 40 °C here – nearly 5 °C more, half a century later. 40 °C and 36 °C feel quite different.