UK’s 40-Degree Wake-Up
Neil remembers an unprecedented 40-degree British scorcher.
Jul 10, 2026 · 5 min · 8 segments
Becca and Neil have a real conversation in easy English about climate change – how long-term weather patterns are shifting. Learn to talk about how we can reduce use of fossil fuels, conserve water…
So it's an interesting topic, isn't it? Important one.
Climate change is the change in weather over a long period of time, and when we talk about climate change now, we're talking mainly about the world getting hotter.
Well, Becca, I remember a few years ago, uh, in July I think, the temperature in the UK hit 40 degrees on one day, and that is something I have never experienced in my life.
Um, we don't usually have 30-degree days in May, but it reached 30 degrees, and it was so hot.
And if you turn on the news, you always hear stories these days about the hottest this, the wettest this, the windiest this.
So we hear a lot about extreme weather.
So it's an interesting topic, isn't it? Important one.
Climate change is the change in weather over a long period of time, and when we talk about climate change now, we're talking mainly about the world getting hotter.
Well, Becca, I remember a few years ago, uh, in July I think, the temperature in the UK hit 40 degrees on one day, and that is something I have never experienced in my life.
Um, we don't usually have 30-degree days in May, but it reached 30 degrees, and it was so hot.
And if you turn on the news, you always hear stories these days about the hottest this, the wettest this, the windiest this.
So we hear a lot about extreme weather.
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UK’s 40-Degree Wake-Up
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