He added: "This rapidly increasing chance results from the increase in concentrations of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere." Climate change caused by human - induced emissions has made heatwaves in the UK 30 times more likely than in natural conditions . This summer was the country ’s equal - warmest since 1910 , with the high temperatures damaging agriculture and infrastructure . Computer modelling analysis conducted by the Met Office compared our current climate to one without man - made emissions and found the UK has a 12 % possibility of summer average temperatures reaching the 2018 high . In a climate dominated by carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases there would be just a 0.5 % chance .
Climate change caused by human - induced emissions has made heatwaves in the UK 30 times more likely than in natural conditions . This summer was the country ’s equal - warmest since 1910 , with the high temperatures damaging agriculture and infrastructure . Computer modelling analysis conducted by the Met Office compared our current climate to one without man - made emissions and found the UK has a 12 % possibility of summer average temperatures reaching the 2018 high . In a climate dominated by carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases there would be just a 0.5 % chance .