A group of girls wade into the Serpentine in London’s Hyde Park to keep cool during the heat wave.
The United Kingdom heat wave of 1911 was a particularly severe heat wave and associated drought. Records were set around the country for temperature in England, including the highest July temperature of 36C (97F) in Epsom, Surrey only broken 79 years later in the 1990 heat wave.
The heat wave began around early July and ended 2 and a half months later, in mid September.
By 17 July temperatures were already 27C (80F) and by 20 July there had been no rain for 20 days, meaning a drought had officially begun. In the height of the heat wave, at the end of July, temperatures were 33C (92F) in Kings Lynn, breaking all previous records in that area. The heat wave and drought continued into August, with temperatures up to 81F on 1 August continuing throughout the month in London. Even into September, the heat wave was still continuing, with temperatures up to 33C (92F) in early September.
The heat wave and drought only ended on 11 September when average temperatures dropped by 20 degrees Celsius and the high pressure dominating the country receded, allowing rain over all parts of the country.
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