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What’s the hottest it’s ever been in the UK?

16 July 2022

9:00 AM

16 July 2022

9:00 AM

Hot hot hot

The Met Office said temperatures may hit 40˚C on Sunday, which would be the highest ever recorded in the UK. The current record of 38.7˚C was in Cambridge Botanic Garden on 25 July 2019. The lowest ever temperature of -27.2˚C was recorded in Braemar, Aberdeenshire twice: once on 11 February 1895 and on 10 January 1982.

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