Record-setting temperatures have ripped through the country, drying out huge patches of land from their usual lush green to a dusty brown.
After Furnace Friday ended in thunderstorms yesterday, satellite images surfaced of parks across Britain drained of their normal colour as a result of this summer’s heatwave.
Shots of Greater Manchester and London serve to show how patches of England have been drained of moisture as temperatures rose as high as 95F (37C).
After weeks of intense heat, storms struck yesterday providing a burst of relief after the humid weather of recent weeks.
But the UK’s parks could be set for further dry spells as the capital’s 2015 record of 98.1F (36.7C) looks set to be broken in further hot weather next month.
Even the country’s all-time record of 101.3F (38.5C) – which was set in Kent in 2003 – could be broken as temperatures climb in August.
Meanwhile the Met Office has issued warnings for thunderstorms and rain in Scotland and northern England today.
It comes after fires tore through North Wales, Hampshire, Dorset and Hertfordshire yesterday, when a lightning strike wrought havoc on train signalling between Leeds and York.
The heatwave has drained London’s green spaces of their colour as drought replaced the lush landscape with a dusty brown as temperatures soared across the UK
Victoria Park in East London appears brown and dry during the heatwave, which looks set to continue into next month, bringing soaring temperatures
Regents Park in the capital has gone from its usual plush appearance to a more barren patch after the heatwave has torn through the nation
Parliament Hill, left, appears its usual self before the heatwave dried it out as London became a dusty brown amid the soaring temperatures
The capital’s climbing temperatures have transformed Greenwich Park in south-east London from its natural green, left, to a dry brown, right
Manchester felt its share of the heatwave too – as Hyde Park (pictured) morphed into a sand-coloured wasteland as temperatures soared across the country
These images show the damage that has been done to the green spaces of Greater Manchester during the extremely hot weather this summer
Wayoh Reservoir in Edgworth, Bolton, has now substantially drained for much of its area and it is possible to walk straight across several places that would have been under metres of water only days ago due to the ongoing heatwave
Reddish Park in Manchester has been drained of its natural green amid the heatwave that has brought record-setting temperatures to the UK
The grass of Heaton Park in Greater Manchester has become brown and dry due to the extreme conditions that have hit the country this summer
Wayoh Reservoir in Bolton, Greater Manchester, is completely drained and temperatures look set to continue soaring next month
Chorlton Park in Manchester has dramatically transformed from its normal green into a dusty brown due to this summer’s heatwave
Boggart Park is one of the many landmarks that has been ravaged by the soaring temperatures that have swept through Great Britain in the recent weeks
Wayoh Reservoir in Bolton is completely dry and torrential rain that was forecast failed to materialise amid news that the heatwave will continue into next month