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A new record daily maximum temperature was provisionally reached on 19 July, with 40.3°C recorded at Coningsby, Lincolnshire, exceeding the previous record by 1.6°C. A total of 46 stations across the UK exceeded the previous UK record of 38.7°C. Many long-running stations with 100+ year records

, Cambridgeshire and 35.2 °C at Faversham, Kent. Temperatures across the Midlands, East Anglia and parts of north-west and north-east England were also into the low 30s including 33.4 °C at Coningsby, Lincolnshire and 31.9 °C at Brampton, Cumbria. The heat extended to the north of Scotland with 29.0 °C

, Cambridgeshire and 35.2 °C at Faversham, Kent. Temperatures across the Midlands, East Anglia and parts of north-west and north-east England were also into the low 30s including 33.4 °C at Coningsby, Lincolnshire and 31.9 °C at Brampton, Cumbria. The heat extended to the north of Scotland with 29.0 °C

Macclesfield Cheshire 33.1 3 31.8 Harrogate North Yorkshire 33.1 2 30.6 Buxton Derbyshire 32.7 3 30.0 Eastbourne East Sussex 32.6 4 31.6 Durham Observatory Durham 32.5 3 30.6 Skegness Lincolnshire 32.4 3 32.0 Next Date record Date 3 July None 1976 19 August 10 August 36.9 1932 2003 3 July 1976 12

into Northern Ireland. The rain-radar image at 0000 UTC 28 December 2023 shows bands of intense rainfall across parts of north-east England and Lincolnshire. Areas in white indicate rain-rates exceeding 32mm per hour. The rain-radar image at 2300UTC 27 December 2023 (one hour earlier) shows intense rainfall

. Station Daily maxtemp (°C) Date Previous record (°C) Previous date Record length (years) Oxford 22.6°C 30th 22.2°C 29-03-1965 168 Wisley, Surrey 23.5°C 30th 22.8°C 29-03-1965 107 Rothamsted, Hertfordshire 22.3°C 30th 22.2°C 29-03-1968 107 Cranwell, Lincolnshire 23.2°C 31st 22.2°C 28-03-1965 105 Bude

of 25-26°C in areas such as the North Midlands, Lincolnshire, and Yorkshire. Some locations, including Cheshire, North Wales, and Northwest England, could see temperatures reaching up to 27°C. In contrast, Western Scotland and Northern Ireland will experience cooler conditions, with rain gradually

pretty wet over parts of Yorkshire, Lincolnshire well into the evening time and we'll start to see cloud and rain just pushing back into the far southwest of England too. “Elsewhere though it does turn largely dry. There'll be some clear skies. We've got the fresher air as well. So, a reasonably

. The highest individual temperature recorded this summer was a relatively modest 32.2°C at Chertsey, Surrey on 10 June and Coningsby, Lincolnshire on 25 June, falling a long way short of last year’s unprecedented 40.3°C at Coningsby but the same as 2021’s highest temperature of the year. Wet season Summer

of the year so far, 35.8°C, was reached on 1 July at Faversham in Kent. This remains below the UK’s all-time high of 40.3°C, recorded in Coningsby, Lincolnshire, in July 2022. Temperatures reaching the low to mid 30s is becoming increasingly frequent as our climate continues to warm.  Read: The UK's