New June temperature record broken with mercury only dropping to 23.5C overnight

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UK's hottest June day record broken AGAIN as temperatures soar to 36.4C.

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The Met Office has announced the record for the hottest June day has been broken for a second day in a row.

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A provisional temperature of 36.4C was recorded in Yeovilton, Somerset, surpassing the high of 36.1C set on Wednesday in Gosport, Hampshire.It comes as the forecaster has extended its red warning, currently in place for a swathe of England and Wales, until 9pm on Friday for London and parts of east and south-east England, stretching across Oxfordshire and Bedfordshire, Hampshire and Kent, because of the exceptional heat and humidity.Temperatures could exceed 36C in these areas, perhaps rising to 38C in some places, the Met Office said.

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New June temperature record broken with mercury only dropping to 23.5C overnight.

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A new June temperature record has been broken with the mercury staying above 23c overnight.

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The Met Office confirmed the temperature only fell to 23.5c on Wednesday night at Bute Park, Cardiff.

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A rare red warning for extreme heat has been issued by the Met Office as the UK continues to swelter in exceptionally hot and humid conditions.The alert has now been extended to 9pm, Friday.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say It is being driven by a "heat-dome" settling over western Europe that has brought extreme conditions across the continent, with human-driven climate change, mostly caused by burning fossil fuels, making heatwaves more frequent and intense.The Met Office said it is possible the June record could be beaten again.

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