The UK has been seeing some scorching weather this week, with the hottest day of the year so far recorded on Saturday June 10, when temperatures reached up to 30°Cin some parts of the country.

The hot weather will be giving many of us flash backs to last summer, when the blistering heat caused wildfires across the nation.

Last year’s temperatures obliterated the previous highest temperatures in the UK – but just how hot did it get?

Her is everything you need to know.

What is the hottest temperature ever recorded in the UK?

The highest temperature ever recorded in the United Kingdom was 40.3°C.

This was recorded in Coningsby, Lincolnshire on July 19, 2022.

The previous record was 38.7°C, which was recorded in Cambridge in 2019.

It’s likely that last year’s record won’t be the last time the UK tops the 40°C mark, in the face of climate change.

At the moment, heatwaves like the one last July happen only once in 100 to 300 years – but the Met Office said that by 2100, even with current pledges to reduce emissions this would reduce to just every 15 years.

Climate attribution scientist Dr Nikos Christidis said: ‘Climate change has already influenced the likelihood of temperature extremes in the UK.

‘The chances of seeing 40°C days in the UK could be as much as 10 times more likely in the current climate than under a natural climate unaffected by human influence.

‘The likelihood of exceeding 40°C anywhere in the UK in a given year has also been rapidly increasing, and, even with current pledges on emissions reductions, such extremes could be taking place every 15 years in the climate of 2100.’

What is the hottest temperature ever recorded in the world?

The hottest day in the world, according to the Guinness World Records, was recorded at Greenland Ranch, Death Valley, California.

A mindboggling temperature of 56.7°C (134°F) was recorded at the location on 10 July, 1913.

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