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United Kingdom reaches its record temperature after registering 40.2ºC at Heathrow Airport

MADRID, 19 Jul.

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United Kingdom reaches its record temperature after registering 40.2ºC at Heathrow Airport

MADRID, 19 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The United Kingdom Police have reported this Tuesday that 40.2ºC has been registered for the first time in history at London Heathrow Airport, the highest temperature in history.

The figure has been reached at 12.50 as the United Kingdom is going through a strong heat wave that has led some areas of Wales to issue a red alert for extreme heat, according to information from the newspaper 'The Guardian'.

The country recorded its hottest night on Monday with temperatures hovering around 25C. However, Scotland Yard has warned that high temperatures will continue to rise throughout this Tuesday.

The previous record, 38.7ºC, was recorded in 2019, although it was broken this morning after 39.1ºC was detected in Charlwood, in the county of Surrey, south of London

On Friday, the British authorities declared a national state of emergency for the first time in the face of record temperatures expected to be recorded this week, especially on Monday and Tuesday.

Thus, the United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA, for its acronym in English) decided to increase the "heat and health warning" alert to level 4, the highest possible.

The organization's chief executive, Penny Endersby, has described the extreme heat forecast as "absolutely unprecedented" and has urged the public to take the warnings seriously.