- Entrou
- Out 5, 2021
- Mensagens
- 51,752
- Gostos Recebidos
- 1,439
UK heatwave: Exact moment Brits face hottest ever June day with 38C grilling
A June record of 35.6C was set almost 50 years ago in Southampton’s Mayflower Park as bookies slash the odds of finally breaking that sweltering figure this month
Britain is facing its hottest ever June day with forecasters predicting scorching temperatures of 38C.
The record of 35.6C was set in Southampton in 1976 but bookies make it odds on that will be beaten. Meteorologist Nick Finnis, of Netweather said: “It’s likely we will enter heatwave territory later this week across England, perhaps for up to six days.
"Temperatures could reach 30C or more as early as Friday, with temperatures as high as 34C to 35C on Saturday and Sunday. However, the Global Forecast System shows temperatures reaching 38C on Monday – this would be a new record high for June in the UK.
“The UK’s hottest June day on record is June 28, 1976, with 35.6C at Southampton’s Mayflower Park, so there is potential that this record may be challenged.
"Such high temperatures in June are not that common. Maximum temperatures of 33C or more in June have occurred on less than 1% of June days since 1961.”
Ladbrokes slashed the odds tonight (June 18) on this month becoming the hottest June on record to just 19/20. Cal Gildart, of the bookmaker, said: “We’ve had rays for days upon days, and the forecast says there are plenty more on the way.
"The mercury’s rise has seen the odds on this being the hottest-ever June drop.” Elsewhere, science boffins have said that the sunny season can have all sorts of weird and wonderful effects on your body.
They recently found evidence that we get drunker during summer than winter, for example. Boozing in summer is more likely to make you drunk and lead to that inevitable hangover, according to scientists at Nagoya University in Japan.
The researchers are not sure exactly why this happens, but it may be down to how our bodies process food a drink for energy for different seasons.
While scientists at Edinburgh University found that just 20 minutes exposure to sunlight is enough to increase production of nitric oxide in your skin which helps widen blood vessels and bring your blood pressure down – lowering the chance of a heart attack or stroke.
Daily Star Sunday
A June record of 35.6C was set almost 50 years ago in Southampton’s Mayflower Park as bookies slash the odds of finally breaking that sweltering figure this month
Britain is facing its hottest ever June day with forecasters predicting scorching temperatures of 38C.
The record of 35.6C was set in Southampton in 1976 but bookies make it odds on that will be beaten. Meteorologist Nick Finnis, of Netweather said: “It’s likely we will enter heatwave territory later this week across England, perhaps for up to six days.
"Temperatures could reach 30C or more as early as Friday, with temperatures as high as 34C to 35C on Saturday and Sunday. However, the Global Forecast System shows temperatures reaching 38C on Monday – this would be a new record high for June in the UK.
“The UK’s hottest June day on record is June 28, 1976, with 35.6C at Southampton’s Mayflower Park, so there is potential that this record may be challenged.
"Such high temperatures in June are not that common. Maximum temperatures of 33C or more in June have occurred on less than 1% of June days since 1961.”
Ladbrokes slashed the odds tonight (June 18) on this month becoming the hottest June on record to just 19/20. Cal Gildart, of the bookmaker, said: “We’ve had rays for days upon days, and the forecast says there are plenty more on the way.
"The mercury’s rise has seen the odds on this being the hottest-ever June drop.” Elsewhere, science boffins have said that the sunny season can have all sorts of weird and wonderful effects on your body.
They recently found evidence that we get drunker during summer than winter, for example. Boozing in summer is more likely to make you drunk and lead to that inevitable hangover, according to scientists at Nagoya University in Japan.
The researchers are not sure exactly why this happens, but it may be down to how our bodies process food a drink for energy for different seasons.
While scientists at Edinburgh University found that just 20 minutes exposure to sunlight is enough to increase production of nitric oxide in your skin which helps widen blood vessels and bring your blood pressure down – lowering the chance of a heart attack or stroke.
Daily Star Sunday