Here’s some pictures of heatwaves of years past. You could always look at them with an ice cream!
5. Making hay
Farmer John Barratt of Dodworth gathers in the June hay crop, which was a month late, in the heatwave on July 20, 1972 Photo: Sheffield Newspapers Ltd
6. Fountain fan
Three-year-old Violet Morris cools off in the fountains in Sheffield's Peace Gardens on June 25, 2018 as temperatures were expected to rise across Yorkshire in the following week Photo: Scott Merrylees
7. Ice cool
The ideal spot for trainee chef Danny Webster, aged 17, from Chesterfield to cool down in the June 2000 heatwave was the Silver Blades Ice Rink on Queens Road, Sheffield Photo: Steve Ellis
8. Dry Derwent
Much of Derwent Dam had dried up in a heatwave on June 2, 1957 Photo: Sheffield Newspapers