UK authorities have extended an amber heat warning into Sunday after the country recorded its highest-ever June temperature for the third consecutive day, according to the Met Office.
The weather agency said the warning, covering London, southeast England, East Anglia and parts of the East Midlands, will remain in effect until 9 a.m. local time (0800 GMT) on Sunday due to another hot and humid night, despite temperatures beginning to ease.
The extension follows a rare three-day red heat warning that expired on Friday evening.
The UK recorded a provisional June temperature record of 37.3 degrees Celsius (99.1 degrees Fahrenheit) on Friday at Santon Downham in Suffolk, after breaking the previous June record on each of the preceding two days.
Before this week, the UK’s June temperature record had stood at 35.6C (96.1F), set in Southampton in 1976.
Met Office Chief Forecaster Andy Page described Friday as the peak of the heatwave, calling it the third consecutive day of record-breaking June temperatures.