Temperatures ‘hit record’ for most number of days to hit 34C in calendar year

A combine harvester cuts corn in the evening sunshine on the Romney Marsh in Kent this week (Gareth Fuller/PA) - (PA Wire)

Temperatures have broken the record for the number of days the UK has seen such temperatures reach or exceed 34C in a calendar year, the Met Office has announced.

Forecasters recorded 34.4C at Wisley in Surrey on Thursday, breaking the previous record of seven days set in both the infamous summer of 1976 and 2020.