UK had hottest June on record with climate change a factor

LONDON, July 3 (Xinhua) -- The United Kingdom (UK) witnessed its hottest June since records began in 1884 with climate change a major factor, the Met Office, the country's national meteorological service, said on Monday.

The average mean temperature for June in the UK this year hit 15.8 degrees Celsius, 0.9 degrees higher than the joint previous record of 14.9 degrees Celsius in 1940 and 1976.