After a sweltering weekend, temperatures could go even higher today to a sizzling 86f (30c).
Forecasters say parts of South-East England will have their hottest day of the year so far as the mini heatwave continues.
Yesterday beaches were packed, ice cream sales soared and the aroma of burnt sausages filled the air with the UK hotter than many Mediterranean resorts.
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The water's fine: A young girl dangles her fingers in the River Cam in Cambridge as she is taken punting
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Licking lemers: Ring-tailed lemurs cool off by sharing an ice cream in Drayton Manor Park in the West Midlands
The only cloud on the horizon was the odd rumble of thunder in the North-East in between the blazing blue May skies.
The mercury soared to nearly 82f (28c) at Heathrow, while the rest of the UK enjoyed 75f to 79f (24c to 26c). That made yesterday warmer than Saturday, which had been the hottest day of the year.
While the North will become wetter and cooler from today, the South will get another couple of days of hot weather.
Scorcher: There was barely room to move in Brighton as beachgoers made the most of the sunshine, above and below
Scorcher: There was barely room to move in Brighton as beachgoers made the most of the sunshine
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Summer's already here: Today's brilliant sunshine provided a perfect opportunity to get a summer tan early
'It could reach 30c on Monday somewhere in the South-East,' a Met Office spokesman said. But by the Bank Holiday weekend temperatures could be down to average for late May, around 61f (16c).
At Bournemouth, bathers swam yards from a harmless basking shark - a 14ft long occasional visitor to the South Coast resort.
On Saturday, temperatures in Manchester came close to 82f (28c), edging ahead of Majorca. Many parts of England and Wales beat some of the Greek islands and resorts in Turkey
Busy: Business was booming for this icecream van at the Green Festival in Nottingham's Arboretum Park
Busy: Business was booming for this icecream van at the Green Festival in Nottingham's Arboretum Park
Cricket fans enjoy the weather during the Clydesdale Bank 40 league match between Somerset and in Bath
Cricket fans enjoy the weather during the Clydesdale Bank 40 league match between Somerset and in Bath
In the Highlands, despite temperatures of 68f (20c), there was still plenty of snow at Cairngorm mountain where enthusiasts took to the slopes in shorts, T-shirts and kilts.
But there was tragedy elsewhere. A 14-year-old boy died after plunging into the Thames from a bridge at Surrey Quays, South-East London, on Saturday. A 52-yearold man collapsed and died while running in the Edinburgh Marathon yesterday.
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The owner of this 80-year-old tortoise called 'Herbert' has rigged up a mini-shower in his Cheshire garden to keep him cool this weekend
The sunshine together with the weak holiday pound, ash disruption and the threat of cabin crew strikes, has prompted a second summer of 'staycations'.
Hotels in Southport, Blackpool and Scarborough say bookings are up by more than half on last year.
* Worldwide, 2010 is on course to be the hottest year since records began 130 years ago, according to climate scientists at Nasa and the Met Office.
27C over here is a cool summers day! Get over it, it will be back to your "warm" 16C next week! haha!
- Gan Eden, Australia,
I am glad your over there with your heat and i'm here with our more reasonable weather.
- Pat, UK not EU, 24/5/2010 5:28
Gan Eden, don't know why you are laughing, I would quite enjoy 16 degrees here in Sydney at the moment. It hasn't stopped raining for the last week and we are cold! It's the UK's time to enjoy some sunshine so don't be so rude.
- Soo, Brit in Sydney, Australia, 23/5/2010 23:56
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Sunny weather makes you feel happier, It's a fact. Also it gives you plenty of vitamin D ( I had a lack of VD). But too much of anything is not good for you. I can't understand people spending the whole day frying under the sun.
One other thing, Beach and Sun is for fit and sexy people. If you are not, don't mock who is. Just get off your bum, and get fit and sexy too
- Roge, Bristol UK, 23/5/2010 23:45
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I just adore the naff comments from our overseas visitors to the forum..
get this....two weeks ago it was bloomin freezing here in the UK... kinda like feb...and now its hotter than chuffin greece...yes we may complain about it...and its because we never have a chance to get used to it!!
Its either cold or hot with very little in between.. no gradual build up...no milder temps leading in to things..nope..bang...bang...28 deg c...then 5 deg c...be snowing tomorrow you wait
Oh and did i mention the humidity..thats the killer.
- Rick, corby, 23/5/2010 23:30
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We get this (almost) every year, hotter than Greece, Spain etc., it lasts for 2 or 3 days then the temp's take a nosedive, while Greece & Spain continue to get hotter, it has always been thus. Times have changed, Helen Grieve, Wakefield, a woman walking down the street in a bikini is just being practical, we all know what men & women look like so it's no big deal.
- Euxton stroller, Euxton, England, 23/5/2010 23:24
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It was 33 C here in the states. That's 90 F.
- Curious, USA, 23/5/2010 23:18
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Can someone explain to me why young British men think that it is in anyway acceptable to walk through a crowded town centre with their top off, exposing their horrible white and pasty bodies, just because it is sunny? It doesn't happen in any other country.
- jake, leic, 23/5/2010 23:04
Even if the bodies are tanned and toned a town centre is no place to go shirtless in any weather, and you're right, it doesn't happen anywhere else I've ever been - it's a chav thing, like women parading round the streets in bikinis, shows no self-respect or respect for other people and is not pleasant for the rest of us to see (and in really hot countries people wear more, not less).
- Lizzie, London, 23/5/2010 23:14
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it hit 29 today but no body even mentioned the temperature, in the UK it seems you are obsessed every time it gets above 20 degrees with a HEAT WAVE,l get over it, it's not that hot.
- john w, hamilton canada, 23/5/2010 23:12
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Can someone explain to me why young British men think that it is in anyway acceptable to walk through a crowded town centre with their top off, exposing their horrible white and pasty bodies, just because it is sunny? It doesn't happen in any other country.
- jake, leic, 23/5/2010 23:04
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Just what is the fascination with hot weather?, 'Oh isn't it lovely, just pass me the sunblock & sunglasses to block the affects of it. Doh!', it's a bit like buying a CD you claim to like but muting your stereo so you can't hear it!.
call me picky but i don't particulary enjoy passing out, getting my skin burned or not being able to sleep. if it is so "lovely" why do we go round snapping everyone's heads off?, could it be it's because it's unpleasant & makes you feel unwell?. we are all brainwashed into believing it's "glorious" & "lovely" & told to "enjoy" it & yet as soon as we go out in it we do our best to avoid the affects of it, Doh!, some enjoyment!. Anyway, I'm off to roast my face & arms in an oven, hmmmm lovely!., here come the red arrows, "THE EMPEROR IS NAKED!" I say!.
- Phil, Norfolk UK, 23/5/2010 22:51
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" parts of Britain enjoyed the hottest day of the year so far "...Who actually 'enjoy's' weather like this? I absolutely hate it. I could never sit out in the sun because it makes me so drowsy that all i want to do is sleep, it makes me feel sick, and i cant get motivated to do anything at all, it really takes it out of me. But i'd sooner be this white thing with good skin than be a wrinkled up sunburned raisin - no offence to sun worshippers out there, but if your white, stay white, afterall, that is the colour your meant to be.
- Just Jules, Uk, 24/5/2010 7:17
Really???
And some of you wonder why you have the nick name 'whinging poms'
Nothing is ever right for some people!
- reading this too, New Zealand, 23/5/2010 22:48
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Kate, London, 23/5/2010 22:13: "It has never been "right" - any more than men walking up and down the street in Speedos would be right or people of either sex going out in their underwear would be right, for goodness sake let's have some sort of standard of acceptable dress in this country, beachwear is for the beach, underwear goes under clothes - the clue is in the name!"
Kate, clothing 'standards' have changed and it is down to the individual to decide what they wish to wear in public within the limits of current laws. From an aesthetic point of view I would prefer to see a shapely woman in a bikini walking down the street rather than an overweight woman wearing the 'fashionable' leggings(?) with the outline of her knickers clearly visible. But I would defend the right of both women to dress as they please.
On a far more serious note, I do think that parents have a duty to ensure that their young children are not dressed as if they were adults.
- Martin, Lutterworth, 23/5/2010 22:40
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What a lovely day today, nice to see people out enjoying themselves.
- Jennie, Hampshire, 23/5/2010 22:31
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Hi, up in Bamburgh, Northumberland today and it's every bit as hot as "south and midlands"....27c according to the Mini Cooper's temp gage. Hope it lasts! :-)
- Marie, London, 23/5/2010 22:19
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Helen, has sharia law been implemented in your part of the world?. Since when has it not been 'right' for a woman to wear a bikini in a street on a hot day?.
- Martin, Lutterworth, 23/5/2010 21:53
It has never been "right" - any more than men walking up and down the street in Speedos would be right or people of either sex going out in their underwear would be right, for goodness sake let's have some sort of standard of acceptable dress in this country, beachwear is for the beach, underwear goes under clothes - the clue is in the name!
- Kate, London, 23/5/2010 22:13
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The photo of the lemurs with the ice cream is just adorable!!
- Gracie, Isle of Wight, 23/5/2010 22:10
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'Pat' UK not EU,
It's 'you're' not 'your' dopey.
- SB, GUILDFORD, 23/5/2010 21:58
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lilly, dundee, 23/5/2010 21:16; "Can,t wait intill it is gone, i don,t mind heat on holiday but not when you have to grt on with everday stuff.
The best day of the year is a sunny winters day that you can see your breath nice and fresh."
lilly, I've been mixing cement and creating steps at the bottom of my garden for the last two days. Its the best way of losing weight that I know.
Helen Grieve, Wakefield, England, 23/5/2010 19:25 : "Saw a woman walking up the street in a bikini on the way. It may be hot enough - that doesn't mean it's right!"
Helen, has sharia law been implemented in your part of the world?. Since when has it not been 'right' for a woman to wear a bikini in a street on a hot day?.
- Martin, Lutterworth, 23/5/2010 21:53
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I see the long range weather forecasters you mentioned the other day have updated their site. They seem to be sticking by their previous favourable summer forecast, although have also tipped another 'brutal' winter to come. Still, let's get on with the favourable summer first - it must be due after a few dismal ones in a row recently.
- Doug, Edinburgh, 23/5/2010 21:33
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Hi there in the Sunny UK, (ex-pats from Leeds, West Yorkshire) WoW nice that you're having some sun at last, just to let you know that over here in South Western Ontario we have 31c all next week + humidity levels, so it will feel like 37c !!!!!
love to you all, don't forget the sunblock and umbrellas for later !
- Mark & Jane Bell, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, 23/5/2010 21:33
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Can,t wait intill it is gone, i don,t mind heat on holiday but not when you have to grt on with everday stuff.
The best day of the year is a sunny winters day that you can see your breath nice and fresh.
- lilly, dundee, 23/5/2010 21:16
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Enjoy it while you have it. 80ish F is comfortable. Not so much when we get the 95-105 non stop here in the Washington high desert for the summer. Then, the cold comes and you miss all that warmth. I wouldn't be able to do the heat back there at home when you get a major heatwave without air conditioning. America's made me soft in that manner. Remember it wasn't that long ago when you were covered in snow and were getting cabin fever. Like I said, ENJOY and put sunblock on.
- Terry, Proud Brit Expat of Wisbech, Cambs., Washington State, USA, 23/5/2010 20:52
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After coming out of this harsh cold winter, it is nice to enjoy this nice warm spell.
- Geoff Wall-Davis., Longbridge,Birmingham,England., 23/5/2010 20:43
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Lots of nice beaches in Isle Of Thanet Kent though not as trendy as Brighton and Bournemouth
- Challyon, BROADSTAIRS, 23/5/2010 20:36
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just came back from sandbanks beach, i do not know why i bothered. It was full of overweight, pasty skinned women.
- STEVE, POOLE UK,
Confused! Why does your enjoyment of the weather depend on what the people around you look like? Are they as disappointed to see white, flabby you there? Did they cheer when you left?
- Carol, Norfolk, 23/5/2010 20:28
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27C over here is a cool summers day! Get over it, it will be back to your "warm" 16C next week! haha!
- Gan Eden, Australia,
I am glad your over there with your heat and i'm here with our more reasonable weather.
- Pat, UK not EU, 23/5/2010 20:28
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" parts of Britain enjoyed the hottest day of the year so far "...Who actually 'enjoy's' weather like this? I absolutely hate it. I could never sit out in the sun because it makes me so drowsy that all i want to do is sleep, it makes me feel sick, and i cant get motivated to do anything at all, it really takes it out of me. But i'd sooner be this white thing with good skin than be a wrinkled up sunburned raisin - no offence to sun worshippers out there, but if your white, stay white, afterall, that is the colour your meant to be.
- Just Jules, Uk, 23/5/2010 20:17
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just came back from sandbanks beach, i do not know why i bothered. It was full of overweight, pasty skinned women.
- STEVE, POOLE UK, 23/5/2010 17:36
Sandbanks ha! Full of chavs and russians.
- Lulu, UK, 23/5/2010 19:58
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Gan Eden, Australia, 23/5/2010 15:08
Another Aus with an attitude problem get over it or vote for a republic.
- Bas, NOTTINHAM UK, 23/5/2010 19:30
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Went to Cannon Hall near Barnsley with the beagle.
Too hot - car temperature read a minimum of 27 degrees. Dog, who normally runs around like a mad idiot, had to rest in the shade. Unknown before today!
Now the temperature has dropped, he's back to his usual inquisitive self - unfortunately this means he's also reverted to the kleptomania - get OFF that remote, Seth!
Saw a woman walking up the street in a bikini on the way. It may be hot enough - that doesn't mean it's right!
- Helen Grieve, Wakefield, England, 23/5/2010 19:25
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been on the beach, got a pink nose and pink knees! am happy :)
- barbara g, Britain in chains, 23/5/2010 19:24
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just came back from sandbanks beach, i do not know why i bothered. It was full of overweight, pasty skinned women.
- STEVE, POOLE UK,
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Why all the red arrows here?
The truth hurts.
- Steve, Manchester, 23/5/2010 19:12
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Will be cooling off next week - if the MO is to be believed...
- roger, brighton, 23/5/2010 19:02
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As usual DM doesnt say much about Kent, just the south east, north and scotland gets mentioned in detail, well its still very hot down here,probably hotter than anywhere else.
- jack, ashford.england, 23/5/2010 18:03
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Do peeps only eat when the sun shines?
Morecambe's 4 miles of beautiful sandy beach has been packed since 0800 today with wall-to-wall sunshine.
There is definitely life North of Watford (and Brighton (ugh!) and Bournemouth.
- Zakara Camara, Plot 1, Morecambe Compound, EUSSR, 23/5/2010 17:58
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just came back from sandbanks beach, i do not know why i bothered. It was full of overweight, pasty skinned women.
- STEVE, POOLE UK, 23/5/2010 17:36
And they speak so highly of you ........
- Kate, London, 23/5/2010 17:58
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I have been for a lovely walk along the the beach came back sat in my garden what more do you want
glorious!
- Glorious!, Wallasey UK, 23/5/2010 17:47
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just came back from sandbanks beach, i do not know why i bothered. It was full of overweight, pasty skinned women.
- STEVE, POOLE UK, 23/5/2010 17:36
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Scrolling down through the photos in this article I have been nearly blinded...by the sun? No, by the brilliant white bodies (which will be bright red) by tonight.
Every year here in Greece I see people who are practically hospitalized by sunburn. When will the nation learn to take it easy?
- L Giddings, Greece, 23/5/2010 17:35
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What is it with newspapers and the t.v................it's called "weather". We have it all the time. sometimes it's hot, sometimes it's not........... Hot weather suits some people and not others. Cool weather is preferred by some not others. Does it matter a jot? No.
- Miss M, Sussex (not by the sea), 23/5/2010 17:16
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27°C in the Med today? I don't think so! Today is 40°C IN THE SHADE, so, dream on - and enjoy what sun you have got. Better keep your fingers crossed for global warming there this year, eh?
- BestBeer, Europe somewhere, 23/5/2010 13:35
27C over here is a cool summers day! Get over it, it will be back to your "warm" 16C next week! haha!
- Gan Eden, Australia, 23/5/2010 15:08
Sorry to burst your complacent little bubbles - but that sounds like hell on earth to me!
- Soldier's Mother, London, 23/5/2010 17:14
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Keep an eye on your mole's and freckles, and baldies please wear a hat, my Dad got skin cancer by getting sun burn on the top of his head.
- Theresa Marshall, Ware, GB, 23/5/2010 17:11
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" Tesco expects to move 250,000 tonnes of chicken breast this weekend "
250,000 tonnes ? No way !
That's 25 tonnes of chicken each for 1000 stores plus the rest of the shopping. The roads would be gridlocked with chicken !
- Dirtpoor, Hardscratch farm, 23/5/2010 16:39
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Gorgeous day - I've just harvested rhubarb from the garden and am stewing it up to go with ice-cream.
- Jules, London, UK, 23/5/2010 15:55
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Some newspaper hack stating the obvious, we can work out outselves how hot it is !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- minnie, midlands, 23/5/2010 15:45
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27C over here is a cool summers day! Get over it, it will be back to your "warm" 16C next week! haha!
- Gan Eden, Australia, 23/5/2010 15:08
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Have to buy some sun tan lotion, haven't needed any for three years................
- lincoln lad, lincoln, 23/5/2010 14:29
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I'm currently on holiday in Cornwall, overlooking the sea. No crowds - Heaven!
Enjoy it folks, but slap on the cream!
- Gratefull, Bristol UK, 23/5/2010 13:54
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Only in England is sunshine "Breaking News"!
- Christopher, Singapore, 23/5/2010 13:54
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27°C in the Med today? I don't think so! Today is 40°C IN THE SHADE, so, dream on - and enjoy what sun you have got. Better keep your fingers crossed for global warming there this year, eh?
- BestBeer, Europe somewhere, 23/5/2010 13:35
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The temperature in my conservatory has exceeded the max on the Thermometer which is 60C roughly 122F, again today, all metal fittings are too hot to touch! Reminds me of the Middle East where I was raised, our summer temp was a regular 120 F, we used to fry eggs on the wings of Landrovers, and chrome car door handles used to burn the unwary!!
- Ptolemy Dwyer, Lancs, 23/5/2010 13:34
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Sorry, folks, I am keeping out of it, especially as my good friend died of skin cancer, because he couldn't keep his shirt on when working outdoors. So I have learned a valuable lesson. Besides, the tablets I am taking make me more sucseptible to sunburn.
Please enjoy our weather, we deserve it, but think like the Australians. Slip, slap, slop. Slip into clothing, slap on a hat and slop on the sun cream.
- stuart, Birmingham, 23/5/2010 12:56
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I'm beginning to think there may be something in this climate change thing after all.
Four months ago it was very cold and now it's quite warm..!
- Andy, Frodsham, 23/5/2010 12:46
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Very nice photographs and yes the weather is very nice too.
- Dylan, London, 23/5/2010 12:37
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Typical DM. Yesterday you were reporting that the Bank Holiday would be a complete wash-out and today its all changed to "risk" of a few showers.
- paul c, Twickenham, 23/5/2010 12:11
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Love the picture of the lemurs - you can tell they are a bit unsure about this but it looks tempting. Please, please, provide us with more pictures of happiness rather than the never ending dosage of break-ups, high heels, fake tan, etc.
- Naive, Lancashire, 23/5/2010 12:06
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Afternoon temperatures in Manchester reached 26.7C and a late high of 27.7C, at one point edging ahead of Majorca on 26.5C and well above the May average of 16C.
The mercury in many areas of England and Wales climbed into the mid-20s, comfortably exceeding some of the Greek islands and Turkey's beach resorts.
Devon recorded a high of 25.9C, Blackpool 24C, central London 24.1C and Cardiff 24C. In contrast, Bodrum in Turkey, Athens and Crete only managed temperatures of 21C.
Temperatures today were predicted to be even hotter across the central and southern half of England, with inland areas reaching 24 to 26C, London 27C
I'm on holiday in Perth, Scotland and if you bothered to look at the whole of the UK and NOT just England! I think you'll find that the temperature reached 28 degrees up here yesterday!! However due to a downpour over night it is a bit cooler today!
- stuart, sussex, 23/5/2010 12:01
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