LONDON, June 25, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - The UK recorded Thursday its hottest ever June temperature, with the mercury reaching 36.4C in the western English county Somerset, breaking the previous record of 36.1C set just under 24 hours earlier.

The UK's Met Office weather service said the record-breaking June temperature had been clocked in the village of Yeovilton, after Wednesday's high was reached further east in Gosport, Hampshire.