https://www.yahoo.com/news/uk-heat-wave-europe-breaks-records-hottest-day-142632342.html

Niamh Cavanagh

·Producer

Tue, July 19, 2022 at 7:26 AM·6 min read

LONDON — The U.K. broke its record for the hottest day ever on Tuesday as a heat wave continues to scorch Europe.

The heat wave that settled over southern Europe last week moved north, bringing with it boiling temperatures that are breaking records and causing a national emergency in the U.K.

According to provisional figures,temperatures of 40.2°C (104.4°F) were documented at Heathrow, Britain’s busiest airport, in the south of England, surpassing the previous record of 38.7°C (101.7°F) in 2019.

Putting the boiling temperatures into a “global perspective,”meteorologist Ben Nollsaid the highest forecast temperature in Britain, predicted to be 41°C (106°F), “would be hotter than 98.8%…