UpdatedAFP24 Jun, 2026 07:53 PM4 mins to readAs the hottest ever day in June is recorded, with the breaking of a 50-year 36C record in southern England, visitors to the capital walk on the Southbank in London, England. Photo / Getty ImagesThe United Kingdom recorded its hottest ever June temperature today NZT with the mercury rising to 36.1C in southern England, breaking the previous record of 35.6C set in 1976.
It is the second month in a row that Britain has broken historical temperature records, as scientists warn that climate change
