{"id":71494,"date":"2026-06-27T04:43:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T04:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/71494\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T04:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T04:43:08","slug":"u-k-sets-new-june-temperature-record-for-third-day-in-a-row-met-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/71494\/","title":{"rendered":"U.K. sets new June temperature record for third day in a row: Met Office"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n People use parasols to protect themselves from the sun as they queue outside a shop in London on June 26, 2026.
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The United Kingdom broke the record for a June temperature for the third day in a row on Friday (June 26, 2026), the Met Office weather agency said, as a sweltering heatwave strained schools and hospitals and drove down business.<\/p>\n

A provisional 37.3 C record temperature was chalked up in Santon Downham, a village in Suffolk, in southeast England, the Met Office told AFP, breaking the previous high of 36.9\u00b0C set earlier Friday (June 26, 2026).<\/p>\n

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A man drinks from a water bottle after loading up his fruit and vegetable stall, which has been in his family for 105 years, at North End Road Market in Fulham, London, on June 26, 2026.
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\n Reuters\n <\/p>\n

Before this week, the U.K.\u2019s 1976 record temperature for June of 35.6\u00b0C \u201chad stood for 50 years, but \u2014 provisionally \u2014 it has been exceeded on three consecutive days this week,\u201d said Met Office climate spokesman Grahame Madge.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday marks the peak of the heatwave in terms of temperatures,\u201d chief forecaster Andy Page said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The Met Office has issued its highest-level red \u201cextreme heat\u201d warning for an unprecedented three days in a row until Friday evening (June 26, 2026).<\/p>\n

It has warned of \u201cpopulation-wide adverse health effects\u201d as doctors, teachers and climate experts cautioned that the UK was unprepared for increasingly frequent heatwaves due to climate change.<\/p>\n

The electricity grid operator NESO issued a new warning that supply margins could be tighter during the peak demand period on Friday evening due to pressure on the system.<\/p>\n

At a market in central London which mainly caters to office workers, street food vendors were struggling to work beside the gas-fired stoves and footfall was down.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do just want to stick my face in the ice bucket,\u201d said 37-year-old turkey stall owner Will Evans, sporting a green cooling towel he bought online as a bandana.<\/p>\n

Working under a black canopy, the chef said it got up to 5C hotter in his workspace, compared to the temperature outside the tent.<\/p>\n

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According to Evans, public advice to remain at home and limit travel meant fewer officer workers were buying lunch at the market.<\/p>\n

At a nearby fried chicken stall, Rainei Almeida said it felt as hot as 43C due to the fryers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s going to be a difficult summer for everyone here in the market, the traders, unfortunately,\u201d said the 27-year-old stall worker from Ecuador.<\/p>\n

Tourist spots close<\/p>\n

Hospitals and emergency services were stretched thin as well, with London Ambulance Service recording the highest number of \u201clife-threatening\u201d emergency calls in a day on Wednesday, driven by the heat.<\/p>\n

\u201cClinical colleagues who aren\u2019t routinely deployed on the front line have been deployed back on the front line,\u201d London Ambulance Service chief Jason Killens told BBC Radio 4.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile some tourist attractions and museums in London were closed on Friday due to the red heat warning, including the iconic Tower Bridge and the Royal Observatory in Greenwich.<\/p>\n

The British Museum said it was closing early and warned it \u201cmay also temporarily close some galleries\u201d.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of schools remained closed or partially closed on Friday, and multiple hospital trusts had raised the alarm after MRI machines and IT systems broke down in the heat.<\/p>\n

A wildfire which broke out on Wednesday on moorland near the northwestern town of Glossop was contained by Friday afternoon (June 26, 2026), fire services said.<\/p>\n

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