Temperatures hit a sweltering 37.3C, breaking Friday's UK record again.
Home / WorldAFP27 Jun, 2026 12:51 AM3 mins to readWeather warnings extended, Wellingtonians urged to stay home. Video / Mark MitchellThe United Kingdom broke the record for a June temperature for the third day in a row, the Met Office weather agency said, as a sweltering heatwave strained schools and hospitals and drove down business.
A provisional 37.3C record temperature was chalked up in Santon Downham, a village in Suffolk,
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