The "red" alert will last throughout Monday and Tuesday when temperatures may reach 40 degrees Celsius for the first time, posing a risk of serious illness and even death among healthy people, according to the U.K. Met Office, the country's weather service. The highest temperature ever recorded in Britain is 38.7C , a record set in 2019.
"So it's tomorrow that we're really seeing the higher chance of 40 degrees and temperatures above that," Endersby told the BBC. "Forty-one isn't off the cards. We've even got some 43s in the model but we're hoping it won't be as high as that." Nightfall will bring little relief, with the Met Office forecasting temperatures of 29C at midnight in London.
We finally hit 30! Years past it was much hotter. Global colding
Hot weather is hot. Hard hitting news
'very oppressive'
...like 30°?