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Northern Ireland records its highest ever temperature as UK bakes | UK weather | The Guardian

The hottest day of the year so far has been recorded in all four UK nations and forecasters believe it could be even warmer on Sunday.

It was the hottest day on record in Northern Ireland with 31.2C recorded in Ballywatticock, in County Down, at 3.40pm, beating the previous highest temperature of 30.8C, reached on 12 July 1983 and 30 June 1976.

In England, 30.3C was recorded in Coton in the Elms, Derbyshire, on Saturday, surpassing the 29.7C recorded in south-west London on 14 June.

The year’s highest temperatures so far were also recorded in Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales, at 29.6C, and in Threave, in the Dumfries and Galloway region of Scotland, at 28.2C.

But the Met Office said temperatures could rise yet higher in England and south Wales on Sunday as the summer heatwave continues. Tom Morgan, meteorologist at the Met Office, said: “Temperatures are expected to increase even further on Sunday, reaching highs of 33C in the south of the UK.” …