Feeling the heat Yesterday’s top temperatures

England 40.3C

Coningsby, Lincolnshire (a record)

Wales 36.2C

Hawarden, Flintshire (record is 37.1C set on Monday)

Scotland 34.8C

Charterhall, in the Borders (a record)

Northern Ireland 26.6C

(The record is 31.3C in Castlederg, County Tyrone)

Overnight 25.8C

Kenley, Surrey (a new record for overnight minimum)