Here’s some pictures of heatwaves of years past. You could always look at them with an ice cream!
1. Unbearably hot
Victor the polar bear cools off on the warm spring sun at Yorkshire Wildlife Park in April 2015 Photo: Tom Maddick/Rossparry.co.uk
2. Water music
Having fun at Hathersage in 2016 - looks like there's musicians in the bandstand Photo: Submitted
3. Swimming team
Footballers, probably mostly Sheffield United players, at Hathersage open-air pool in the 1920s to 30s Photo: sheffield Archive
4. Lido crowds
Millhouses Lido at Millhouses Park, Sheffield was once hugely popular on summer days. This may have been in the 1960s or 70s Photo: Sheffield Newspapers Ltd