outskirts of the capital. the london fire brigade declared a major incident. a number of the calls that we ve been dealing with today have been wildfires or grassfires, where the ground has been tinder box dry result of the weather over the last week, but in particular, the last two days. temperature records were tumbling before midday today. the 39.1 degrees recorded at charlwood near gatwick airport was a warning of what was to come. within an hour, another record had been set at another airport 40.2 celsius at heathrow. by mid afternoon, we got a new provisional heat record for the uk when coningsby in lincolnshire reached 40.3 celsius. and here was a new provisional record for scotland, too, incinerating the previous record. we ve been beating records by 1.5, two degrees, and really quite an extensive
a number of the calls that we ve been dealing with today have been wildfires or grassfires, where the ground has been tinder box dry result of the weather over the last week, but in particular, the last two days. temperature records were tumbling before midday today. the 39.1 degrees recorded at charlwood near gatwick airport was a warning of what was to come. within an hour, another record had been set at another airport 40.2 celsius at heathrow. by mid afternoon, we got a new provisional heat record for the uk when coningsby in lincolnshire reached 40.3 celsius. and there was a new provisional record for scotland, too, incinerating the previous record. we ve been beating records by 1.5, two degrees, and really quite an extensive region of over 35 degrees, and this is really unusual.
hello. 0ur historic and unprecedented heatwave is now coming to an end, but on tuesday, we recorded a new provisional uk record of 40.3 celsius. normally when we break records, it s by a fraction of a degree, but that s the old record. we ve exceeded it by more than 1.5 degrees. this is very significant. eastern parts of the uk start wednesday, still in the grip of some relatively warm air, but out towards the west, something cooler and fresher flowing in from the atlantic. so, waking up to another warm start across eastern parts of england, but with some spells of sunshine. 0ut towards the west, wales, the southwest seeing some cloud and some showers, the odd heavy one. those showers drifting eastwards through the day. quite a lot of cloud for eastern scotland, more brightness further north and west. sunny spells and just the odd shower there for northern ireland. temperatures lower than they have been. still 29 in the east of england normally we consider that hot, but obviously not
champagne and a big check. it could be you, it almost certainly would be, but it could be. tim allman, bbc news. hello. 0ur historic and unprecedented heatwave is now coming to an end, but on tuesday, we recorded a new provisional uk record of 40.3 celsius. normally when we break records, it s by a fraction of a degree, but that s the old record. we ve exceeded it by more than one and a half degrees. this is very significant. eastern parts of the uk start wednesday, still in the grip of some relatively warm air, but out towards the west, something cooler and fresher flowing in from the atlantic. so, waking up to another warm start across eastern parts of england, but with some spells of sunshine. 0ut towards the west, wales, the southwest seeing some cloud and some showers, the odd heavy one. those showers drifting eastwards through the day. quite a lot of cloud for eastern scotland, more brightness further north and west.
in this particular heatwave. thank you for watching. bye for now. hello. 0ur historic and unprecedented heatwave is now coming to an end, but on tuesday, we recorded a new provisional uk record of 40.3 celsius. normally when we break records, it s by a fraction of a degree, but that s the old record. we ve exceeded it by more than 1.5 degrees. this is very significant. eastern parts of the uk start wednesday, still in the grip of some relatively warm air, but out towards the west, something cooler and fresher flowing in from the atlantic. so, waking up to another warm start across eastern parts of england, but with some spells of sunshine. 0ut towards the west, wales, the southwest seeing some cloud and some showers, the odd heavy one. those showers drifting eastwards through the day.