In Great Britain, Saturday, September 9, the hottest day of the year was recorded, the National Meteorological Service of the country announced, according to preliminary data, the maximum temperature at Heathrow Airport was 32.7 degrees Celsius, Reuters reports, news.ro reports. This year’s record was 32.6 degrees Celsius, reached on Thursday.

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The Met Office said Saturday was also the sixth day in a row that temperatures in Britain exceeded 30C, well above average for this time of year.

Last week the Met Office announced that the UK had had its eighth warmest summer since 1884. In July 2022, Britain recorded its hottest day on record, when temperatures exceeded 40 degrees for the first time.