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Evening Standard
Environment
Ian Jones

What are the UK weather records for August?

The hottest August temperature recorded in the UK is 38.5C, which was reached in Faversham in Kent on August 10 2003.

The last time temperatures for the month came close to equalling this record was in 2020, when a peak of 36.4C was measured at both Heathrow and Kew Gardens in London on August 7, according to Met Office data.

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