New records for England and Wales

Broken again tomorrow?
New records for England and Wales

Temperature map of southwest Britain on 25.06 showing extreme heat across southern Wales and southwest England, with Bute Park in Cardiff highlighted at 34.2°C and Yeovilton at 36.4°C amid widespread deep red heat zones.

Bute Park records the provisional hottest June day in Wales while the English (and UK) record extends further from Wednesday.

For the second day in a row, there is a new June temperature record in England, and Wales has also broken their long-standing high.

Around 02:30 pm, a reading of 36.4 °C in Yeovilton, Somerset broke the record high for England and the UK as a whole, set just a day before, with temperatures still rising.

Later on Thursday, a reading of 34.2 °C at Cardiff's Bute Park marks the hottest June temperature in Wales since 2000.

Temperature check

Later on Thursday these records were broken again. 36.7 °C in Merryfield, Somerset, and 36.6 °C at Cardiff Bute Park.

Ryan Hathaway

Broken again tomorrow?New records for England and Wales

Temperature check

Broken again tomorrow?
New records for England and Wales