With Britain set to sizzle in a 34C heatwave that could last all week, find out if it is going to be the hottest day ever recorded near you.
Powered with Met Office statistics dating back as far as 1853, the Daily Mail’s new search tool shows how your local weather station’s mercury reading compares historically.
Just type in your postcode to see whether the Caribbean-esque temperatures are record-breaking or merely run-of-the-mill.
Our widget – available to use below – will reveal what the hottest day ever recorded was in your area, and how high the mercury got then.
Britain’s hottest ever day was on July 19, 2022, when temperatures in Coningsby in Lincolnshire hit an astonishing 40.3C.
During July’s persistent heatwave, when the country flocked to beaches to bask in the 35C sunshine, the Met Office said it was ‘virtually certain’ soaring temperatures has ‘increased the occurrence and intensity of extreme heat events’.
The high of 34.7C, logged at the St James’s Park weather station in London, on July 14, is the highest on record this year.
Our tool reveals that was 2.6°C higher than the average for that day over for the past 107 years.
Not all of the 168 Met Office weather stations used in our tool have comparable data going back over a century, although they have all been in action since 1980.
Thousands of people pack the beach at Bournemouth yesterday as sunseekers enjoy the heat
Newer stations were excluded from our analysis.
It comes as the country is on alert for wildfires after a major incident in Dorset where 100 firefighters battled a blaze that ravaged hundreds of acres of land at the weekend.
Other crews tackled a large blaze on Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh yesterday, and a big fire at Newton Heath near Swanage, which has been burning since last Sunday.
An official heatwave is recorded when areas reach a certain temperature for three days in a row, with thresholds varying from 25C (77F) to 28C (82F) in different areas.
The Met Office forecast for London, which has a 28C threshold, said temperatures will hit at least that level daily until at least Sunday, with a 33C (92F) peak tomorrow.
The UK Health Security Agency has issued a yellow heat health alert from 12pm today until 6pm on Wednesday, covering all regions of England apart from the North.
