Met Office says mercury peaked at Santon Downham in Suffolk, as it issues amber thunderstorm warning
The UK has recorded its warmest day of the year so far, with temperatures hitting 29.4C, the Met Office has said.
However, the forecasting service said thunderstorms were “pushing into” the Channel, and an amber weather warning for severe thunderstorms in the east and south-east would come into force at 8pm on Friday.
A Met Office spokesperson said: “We have now provisionally had the warmest day of the year so far with 29.4C at Santon Downham in Suffolk.”
The UK Health Security Agency issued its first yellow heat-health alert this year, running until 8am on Sunday in the east and south-east of England, London and the East Midlands.
