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Scorched city: 40+ pictures of how summer heatwave has changed York

York enjoyed a very rare event today (Sunday).

It rained.

It wasn’t a particularly heavy or long-lasting shower, but it was something of a first during this incredibly hot, dry summer.

While Yorkshire has not officially made it into drought, it is in “prolonged dry weather” status – the stage before drought.

And temperatures have regularly gone beyond 30°C in heatwave after heatwave.

All this has had a dramatic impact on what was, until a few weeks ago, and green and pleasant city.

Here’s what this scorcher of a summer has done to the face of York.

The riverside

Rowntree Park

Clifford’s Tower, Tower Gardens, Eye of York

York Minster and Dean’s Park

City Walls and Museum Gardens

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