Londra (United Kingdom), Aug. 13 (LaPresse) – The United Kingdom recorded its hottest day of the year on August 13, with temperatures reaching 38.1 degrees in west London. The national weather service, the Met Office, reported this, explaining that the temperature surpassed the previous yearly high of 38 degrees, recorded on June 28. The temperature nevertheless remained below the British August record of 38.5 degrees, set in 2003. The United Kingdom, like France, is experiencing its fifth heatwave of the year, the first of which was recorded in May. The latest extreme heatwave means that 2026 has now recorded a record four days with temperatures of 36 degrees or higher. It has also matched 2022 with two days in which temperatures reached 38 degrees. Meanwhile, in France, temperatures have reached even higher levels, approaching 41 degrees in several areas, from Aquitaine in the southwest to the Rhône Valley in the east, according to the national weather service.
Heat, UK records hottest day of the year: 38.1° in London
Londra (United Kingdom), Aug. 13 (LaPresse) – The United Kingdom recorded its hottest day of the year on August 13, with temperatures reaching 38.1 degrees in west London. The national weather service, the Met Office, reported this, explaining that the temperature surpassed the previous yearly high of 38 degrees, recorded on June 28. The temperature nevertheless remained below the British August record of 38.5 degrees, set in 2003. The United Kingdom, like France, is experiencing its fifth heatwave of the year, the first of which was recorded in May. The latest extreme heatwave means that 2026 has now recorded a record four days with temperatures of 36 degrees or higher. It has also matched 2022 with two days in which temperatures reached 38 degrees. Meanwhile, in France, temperatures have reached even higher levels, approaching 41 degrees in several areas, from Aquitaine in the southwest to the Rhône Valley in the east, according to the national weather service.