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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.

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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

The low level of the River Ouse
Near Skeldergate Bridge
The scorched riverbank
Terry Avenue
Millennium Bridge
Near Millennium Bridge
Trees near Millennium Bridge
Millennium Fields
Millennium Fields
Millennium Fields
Millennium Fields
Millennium Fields
River Foss

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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