A thermometer at Heathrow Airport picked up a provisional reading of 40.2 degrees Celsius at 12:50 p.m. Tuesday, the Met Office reported, potentially breaking the previous record of 38.7 degrees Celsius set in 2019. The 12:50 p.m. record broke another record set earlier the same day of 39.1 degrees Celsius at Charlwood in Surrey, The Guardian reported.
Britain on Tuesday shattered its record for highest temperature ever registered and the national weather forecaster predicted it would get hotter still in a country ill prepared for such extremes.
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Britain shattered its record for highest temperature ever registered Tuesday amid a heat wave that has seized swaths of Europe and the national weather.
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