What was hot before 1976? A trip down British weather's memory lane
Friday, July 13, 2018 - 10:30
in Physics & Chemistry
As clouds and the odd shower break the spell of the recent heat wave, it's a good time to reflect on our fascination with hot and sunny weather in the UK. A lot of comparisons have been made between this year's heat and 1976, when Abba were in the charts, flares were in fashion and Britain had its hottest summer for 350 years.