The mean for summer 2025 in Wanstead finished 19.8C, 1.8C above the 1991-2020 average and the second warmest summer in a local record going back to 1797. The figure was just 0.2C short of the warmest summer in 2022.

It was a dry season; just 84.5mm of rain was recorded, the driest for three years and 21st driest to 1797.

Taking a broader view of Greater London, using Met Office statistics for St James’s Park and Heathrow, reveals that summer, as an average of the three, finished second warmest, just 0.174 behind 2022.

In terms of rainfall it finishest 22nd driest with an average of 92.2mm.

Some 590.5 hours of sunshine were measured at Heathrow, 105% of average and the sunniest for 3 years.