Archive, July 2022: This report describes that summer’s heatwave. Later verification updated the UK overnight temperature record.
The Met Office’s heatwave review reported that its Buxton station reached 35.9°C during the July 2022 heatwave, breaking the station’s previous record.
Temperatures across Derbyshire also reached exceptional levels during the heatwave.
UK overnight record
The Met Office later confirmed a UK highest daily minimum temperature of 26.8°C at Shirburn Model Farm, Oxfordshire, for 19 July 2022.
UK daytime record
On 19 July 2022, Coningsby, Lincolnshire, reached 40.3°C. This remains the UK’s highest recorded temperature.
The hottest temperature previously recorded in the UK was 38.7°C at Cambridge Botanic Garden in July 2019.
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