Mathematical models created by the Met Office suggest emissions are increasing the likelihood of extremely warm days in the UK, particularly in the southeast. Met Office researchers had therefore wondered whether temperatures would ever exceed 104°F in the future, and, if so, how often. Mathematical models created by the Met Office suggest emissions are increasing the likelihood of extremely warm days in the UK, particularly in the southeast. The Met Office confirmed the figure, recorded at the Cambridge University Botanic Gardens last year, was higher than the 38.5°C (101.3F) seen in Kent in August 2003. The Met Office revealed earlier this month that May 2020 was UK's sunniest calendar month on record and the driest May on record.

Source: Daily Mail June 30, 2020 16:35 UTC