LONDON (HRNW) – Britain on Monday braced for another day of soaring temperatures, with predictions that the country could see its hottest day in history.
The mercury was set to rise to highs of 38 Celsius (100.4 Fahrenheit) in London, as the heatwave that has been building since last week showed no let-up.
But the country’s meteorological agency the Met Office said temperatures could get even hotter on Tuesday, breaching the 40C mark for the first time.
Britain’s current record temperature stands at 38.7C, which was reached at Cambridge Botanic Garden in eastern England on July 25, 2019.
Chief meteorologist Paul Davies said Monday night would be “very oppressive”, and there was a “good chance now of hitting 40C or 41C” on Tuesday.
“This is entirely consistent with climate change,” he told Sky News, describing the “brutality” of the expected heat as “astounding”.
“It does worry me a lot and my colleagues… that this sort of unprecedented heat could become a regular occurrence by the end of the century.”
The Met Office last week issued its first ever red extreme heat warning for parts of central, northern, eastern and southeast England.
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