I think this summer could potentially be a hot one looking at the models at the moment. It would take an awful lot though for not just this summer, but any summer, to equal the record of 1976. The way I see it, sooner or later a summer like '76 is likely to happen again at some point and some of our recent summer's, 1995, 1996, 2003, 2005, have come quite close, 2003 being the most exceptional of all the above mentioned summer's for it's recording breaking heat in August that year! This summer does have a certain 1995 feel about it at the moment and it will be interesting to see what June has to offer. But I also feel this summer could still go either way and nothing is set in stone pattern wise just yet. We need to see that azores high having more of an influence in June to convince me of a scorching summer this year. So far this year, certainly throughout spring so far, the azores high has been perhaps more reluctant than usual to make an appearance. To summerise, at the moment I would say this summer is more likely to go down the route of the summer of '95, meaning we will get one hot and dry month, most likely to be in July or August. I just don't see a re-run of '76 this summer for some reason just yet. I hope I'm wrong though.