Scientists found evidence that climate change made the warmer weather last month more likely.
He also said that while the UK recorded a higher one-off temperature of 40.3C last summer, the difference last month was the sustained heat both day and night.Wales was particularly dry, with just over half of its average monthly rainfall.
"We found that the chance of observing a June beating the previous joint 1940/1976 record of 14.9°C has at least doubled since the 1940s," explains Mr Davies.
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