29/05/2026
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The heatwave we had this week has got a lot of people saying, “We’ve never seen anything like this before!”
But those who lived through 1976 might have a different view. The summer of 1976 brought weeks of intense heat, drought conditions, hosepipe bans, dried-up reservoirs and packed beaches across Britain. Temperatures regularly pushed into the 30s, and for many people it remains the benchmark for British summers.
Of course, every heatwave feels different depending on where you are and how prepared we are for it, but 1976 still gets mentioned nearly 50 years later for a reason.
Those of you who remember 1976… was it really hotter, or do we just remember it differently?
