The United Kingdom crushed its record for highest temperature today as a scorching heatwave broiled much of mainland Europe, leading to hundreds of heat-related deaths and fierce wildfires.
Flames racing toward a French beach and Britons sweltering – even at the seaside – drove home concerns about climate change.
The Meteorological Office, UK's weather office, announced that a temperature of 40.2 degrees Celsius or 104.4 degrees Fahrenheit was provisionally recorded today in London.
A temperature of 39.1 degrees Celsius or 102.4 degrees Fahrenheit was provisionally recorded earlier in the day in the English village of Charlwood in Surrey.
According to the Meteorological Office, the previous record high temperature in the U.K. was 38.7 degrees Celsius or 101.7 degrees Fahrenheit in 2019.
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