Deaths linked to temperatures of at least 29 degrees Celsius to double between 1990 and 2022
London, Thanasis Gavos
The number of deaths in the UK due to high temperatures has risen sharply over the past three decades, according to data from the Office of National Statistics.
Specifically a doubling of deaths linked to temperatures of at least 29 degrees Celsius between 1990 and 2022.
In three-year averages, in 2022 there were 2,866 heat-related deathswhile the corresponding tally in 1990 was 1,417 deathsthat is an increase of 102%.
The highest heat-related mortality is observed in the period 2018-2022 and mainly in London and the wider south-east of England.
On the hottest days of 2022, when the highest temperature on record in the country was recorded at 40.3 degrees Celsius in mid-July, there were 4,507 weather-related deaths.
At the opposite extreme, cold-related deaths in 2022 were numerically the second fewest ever recorded in one year, at 1,214.
Source :Skai
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