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ONS Reports Over 40,000 Heat-Related Excess Deaths in England From 1988 to 2025
According to new Office for National Statistics data, more than 40,000 excess deaths occurred on England's hottest days between 1988 and 2025. The total excludes summer 2026, which is already pacing toward record-breaking heat mortality.
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More than 40,000 excess deaths occurred on the hottest days in England between 1988 and 2025, according to data released on Wednesday by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The figures show the growing toll of extreme heat, representing deaths above expected baseline levels across the 37-year period. The ONS dataset does not encompass the summer of 2026, during which England has experienced repeated heatwaves and remains on track to record its highest ever number of heat-related deaths. The UK Health Security Agency previously announced on July 30 that an estimated 2,877 people died during heatwaves in May and June of 2026 alone. That figure for the first two months of summer is nearly double the heatwave death toll recorded for the entire summer of 2025.
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