How does this year's UK heatwave compare with 1976?

The heatwave that 攻撃する，衝突する the UK in the summer of 1976 was one of the longest in living memory and 誘発する／引き起こすd the most 重要な 干ばつ for at least the last 150 years. How does this year's hot （一定の）期間 compare so far?

• In 1976, there were 15 連続した days when 気温s reached 89.6F (32C) or higher somewhere in the UK, によれば the Met Office. So far this year, there have been only two 連続した days when 気温s have 攻撃する，衝突する 89.6F (32C) or higher: June 28 and June 29.
• By this point in 1976 (July 17), Northern Ireland had seen 12 days since the start of June with no 記録，記録的な／記録するd 降雨. This year, Northern Ireland clocked up 15 days of 無 普通の／平均（する） 降雨 just in June.
• Scotland had seven days of no 記録，記録的な／記録するd 降雨 between June 1 and July 17, 1976. In 2018, Scotland saw seven days of no 降雨 in June alone.
• In England and むちの跡s, an 普通の／平均（する） 降雨 of 無 was 記録，記録的な／記録するd on 16 days between June 1 and July 17, 1976. By contrast, eight days of no rain were 記録，記録的な／記録するd between June 1 and June 30, 2018 (the 最新の 利用できる data).
• 気温s during the heatwave of 1976 頂点（に達する）d at 96.1F (35.6C) in Southampton on June 28 and then 96.6F (35.9C) in Cheltenham on July 3. So far this summer the highest 気温 記録，記録的な／記録するd anywhere in the UK is 91.4F (33C) at Porthmadog in Gwynedd on June 28.
• June 2018 was sunnier than June 1976. An 普通の／平均（する） of 239.9 hours of 日光 were 記録，記録的な／記録するd across the UK in June 2018, compared with 205.5 hours in June 1976.
• June 2018 was also drier than June 1976. 普通の／平均（する） 降雨 across the UK totalled 37.5mm (1.47in) in June 1976. The 一時的に 人物／姿／数字 for this year is 35.4mm (1.39in), which would make June 2018 the ninth driest on 記録，記録的な／記録する.