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and Epsom, Surrey); this UK record stood for nearly 80 years until 3 August 1990 (37.1 °C at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire) which was broken again on 10 August 2003 (38.5 °C at Faversham, Kent). As this was a short duration heatwave, impacts for the UK were limited, but the heat may have contributed