A document excessive temperature of 39.1 levels Celsius has provisionally been recorded in southern England, Britain’s climate division stated on Tuesday.
A girl crosses the grounds of Parliament Square, throughout a heatwave in London. (Representational Photo: Reuters)
A document excessive temperature of 39.1C (102.4F) has provisionally been recorded in Charlwood, Surrey, in southern England, Britain’s Met Office stated on Tuesday.
“If confirmed this will be the highest temperature ever recorded in the UK. Temperatures are likely to rise further through today,” the Met Office stated on Twitter.
The earlier document of 38.7C was recorded within the Cambridge University Botanic Garden in 2019.
Meanwhile, in what is without doubt one of the rarest occasions, the United Kingdom has sounded a crimson alert, the nation’s first-ever excessive warmth warning, as sizzling, dry climate scorches mainland Europe.
Brits skilled temperatures over 40 levels Celsius all through Monday and Tuesday.
According to UK’s Met Office, the best temperature ever recorded in Britain beforehand was 38.7 levels Celsius in 2019.
The present warmth in Britain is mirrored throughout a lot of Europe, the place excessive temperatures and lack of rain are resulting in a number of main wildfires in France, Spain and elsewhere.
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