Yes,it's definitely getting rather hot in Oxfordshire / Buckinghamshire, ; around 88 degrees,which is rather hot for England.We are starting to see the effects of drought, and the use of hose-pipes for garden-watering has been banned in some areas, ie around Liverpool.
             The "Met Office" (our official weather service)has issued a warning regarding a "Heatwave" ; it may seem strange to you in the USA, but most European homes do not have any kind of Aircon, and in the last "heatwave" a few years back,thousands of old people in France,for example,died from Hyperthermia. I shall drink plenty of alcohol ( lowers body temperature !) and sit naked in the shower-booth (preferably with Karen ,although that might be counter-productive !).