24 jun 2026
UK sees hottest June day on record as 36.1C recorded in Hampshire

Heat records were broken when temperatures soared across southern England on Wednesday afternoon.
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The UK recorded its hottest ever June temperature on Wednesday with the mercury rising to 36.1C in southern England, breaking the previous record of 35.6C set in 1976. It is the second month in a row that Britain has broken historical temperature records, as scientists warn that climate change is making extreme weather events like heatwaves more frequent and intense.
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