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Evening Standard
Environment
Rosie Shead

UK hits hottest day of the year so far with provisional high of 33.2C

An amber heat-health alert has been issued by the UK Health Security Agency for the first time since September 2023 (Owen Humphreys/PA) - (PA Wire)

The UK has recorded the hottest day of the year so far as the Met Office said there was a provisional temperature of more than 33C measured in Surrey.

As well as the 33.2C high in Charlwood, temperatures of 26.9C were provisionally recorded in Bute Park in Cardiff and 27.2C in Aviemore in the Highlands, the weather service said on Saturday afternoon.

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