Highest temperature recorded in the UK in 2024.

Current record: 40.3C at Coningsby, Lincolnshire, July 19 2022

Hottest this year so far: 21.8C at Writtle, Essex, April 13 2024* (<31C)

Met Office must confirm record, no provisional readings will count. This will resolve on December 31, unless for some unlikely reason the provisional high is still not yet confirmed, in which case it will be extended until a confirmation is made.

*Generally this will be updated every month when the Met Office Monthly Weather Report is released