Why June was even hotter than previously thought

The Met Office has confirmed a new UK and England June daily temperature record of 38°C, higher than the 37.7°C figure previously reported.

The UK’s hottest June temperature is now 38°C

June’s highest temperature was even higher than initial data suggested, according to meteorologists.

The Met Office initially stated that the highest temperature recorded in June was 37.7°C, at Lingwood in Surrey on 26 June.

That temperature already smashed the previous record for the month of June, when 35.6°C was set in Southampton in 1976.

Nearly three thousand people have already tragically lost their lives in UK heatwaves this year, with babies, older people and disabled people among those most at risk.However, when an expert team carried out its assessment to verify the figure, they cound is was an average through a defined period, rat

her than the usual daily maximum at the site.They verified the figure as 38°C, the new highest June temperature on record in the UK. Records were also outdone in Wales and Northern

Ireland Several other provisional temperature records have also been verified or rejecte

d. These include the highest daily maximum temperature i

n Wales of 35.1°C, in Hawarden, Flintshire, on 26 June 2026.The highest daily maximum temperature in Northern Ireland was 30.8°C, at Castlederg, County Tyrone, on 25 June 2026.The highest daily m

inimum temperature for June in UK and England was 23.2°C at Hastings in Sussex, on 26 June 2026.The highest daily mi

nimum temperature for June was in Tenby in Wales, at 22.7°C on 25 June 2026.Related articleUK weather: When

Original Record.

This archived record authored by ‘Catherine Early’ at ‘METEORED (Your Weather)’ was recovered from data set:

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