On Tuesday, the UK recorded a temperature of 102.4 F (40.2 C).
It was the first time in the UK that a temperature over 40 C was recorded by the Met Office.
The reading was done at the airport. The temperature was expected to rise even more through Tuesday.
The previous record was 38.6 C. It was beaten by a lot of readings in southern England.
🌡️ For the first time ever, 40 Celsius has provisionally been exceeded in the UKLondon Heathrow reported a temperature of 40.2°C at 12:50 today
📈 Temperatures are still climbing in many places, so remember to stay #WeatherAware ⚠️#heatwave #heatwave2022 pic.twitter.com/GLxcR6gjZX
— Met Office (@metoffice) July 19, 2022
On the second day of the heat, the record was set.
According to the UK's Met Office, Monday night was the hottest night in the UK. There is a minimum temperature of 78.4 F (25.8 C) on the outskirts of London.
Prof Hannah Cloke, natural hazard researcher at the University of Reading, said in a Monday statement to the UK's Science Media Center that the red warning for extreme heat is a wake-up call.
This is frightening even for a climate scientist. She said that it felt real.
The current heat wave was caused by hot air going north from Africa, where it broke a number of local heat records in Europe.
Two weather stations in Nmes, France, recorded a temperature of 104 F (40 C) in July, which was the highest for the city in the month.
Ireland's temperature on Monday was 91.4 F (33 C), the highest since an 1886 record of 92.94 F (33.3 C).
There were 510 heat-related deaths in Spain during the month of July. There were more than 600 heat-related deaths in Portugal over a week.
The region's press office said at least 16,000 people were evacuated because of the large fires.
The UK is not built for extreme heat according to George Havenith.
In countries that have not been hit by high temperatures, the heat can be very damaging.
People here don't have the training to deal with the heat like someone from a Southern country.
Steven Pawson, chief of the Global Modeling and Assimilation Office at NASA, said in a press release that the heat wave is an indicator that emissions of greenhouse gases by human activity are causing weather extremes.
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