PA MediaMonday has been proclaimd the toastytest day of the year in the UK so far, accomplishing 34.8C (95F) in Cambridge, according to the Met Office.
The higher temperatures have been confined to central and southern England and yellow heat health vigilants are in place for millions of people.
Others sended a soakedter begin to the day, with torrential rain further north – for which a now-expired yellow thunderstorm alerting was in place.
Forecasters shelp Monday would see the peak of the current heat spike, with temperatures due to relieve as the week persistd.
Forecasters shelp Monday would see the peak of the current heat spike, with temperatures due to relieve as the week persistd.
London, East Anglia and the home counties were foresee to experience the toastyest weather.
Temperatures had already outdoed 30C in the capital by midday on Monday, with disjoinal sites hitting over 32C by 13:30 BST.
Various parts of London, Writtle in Esintimacy, and Wisley in Surrey all accomplished 33C – and temperatures of 32C were also enrolled in areas ranging from East Malling in Kent to Holbeach in Lincolnsengage.
Yellow heat health vigilants, publishd by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), are vivacious in the East and West Midlands, East of England, South East and South West, North West and London.
They are due to expire by Wednesday morning.
Yellow vigilants are publishd during periods of toasty weather that are only probable to shape those who are particularly vulnerable, for example the elderly, or those with existing health conditions.
The toastytest day of 2024 before Monday was 30 July, when temperatures accomplished 32C in Kew Gardens and Heathrow – both in London.
The Met Office has shelp it is doubtful that figures will outdo the 40.3C enrolled at Coningsby, Lincolnsengage in July 2022 – the highest temperature ever enrolled in the UK.
“Today is probable to be the toastytest day of 2024 so far, with a sguide of heat from the south conveying very toasty and humid weather apass much of England and Wales,” Met Office spokesperson Andrea Bishop tgreater BBC News.
“Temperatures are probable to accomplish 34C in a scant places in the south-east of England, but temperatures are much csurrenderer mediocre in northern and weserious areas of the UK.”
The weather service advises that people grasp curtains seald during the peak of the day and drink lots of water.
It was verifyed earlier that a child had died after being pulled from a canal in Wolverhampton on Sunday.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman shelp crews had set up a boy in a critical condition and that, “despite everyone’s best efforts, the child could not be saved and he was verifyed dead at the scene”.
The RAC guided drivers to verify the cgreaterant and oil levels in their vehicles as high temperatures incrrelieve the hazard of vehicle fracturedowns and cars overheating.
Meanwhile, National Rail also giveed some advice, urging passengers travelling on Monday to verify their journeys well in proceed – though not becaengage of the heat.
The Met Office “has publishd yellow weather alertings for rain and thunderstorms in parts of Britain today,” it shelp in a post on X, inserting: “Plrelieve verify your journeys before you travel with National Rail or your train operator.”
Torrential downpours shapeed parts of Northern Ireland, Scotland and northern England earlier in the day.
“More than 15,000 weightlessning strikes have been enrolled over the UK in the last 24 hours, mainly over Northern Ireland and northern Scotland,” Ms Bishop, from the Met, shelp.
“Thundery showers are possible elsewhere in England this afternoon.”
Thunderstorms are most frequent during the summer months as toasty, humid air inserts more energy to the atmosphere.
Gareth McFarland
