Record UK temperature for October set at 29.9C

[Loki]

Record UK temperature for October set at 29.9C

The record has been broken for the highest temperature recorded in October - now at 29.9C (85.8F).

It was set at 14:42 BST in Gravesend, Kent, beating the previous record of 29.4C (84.9F) recorded on 1 October 1985, in March, Cambridgeshire.

In Wales, a new October record was set at 28.2C (82.7F) in Hawarden, Flintshire, at 14:12 BST, the Met Office confirmed.

Temperatures in England topped those in Athens, Los Angeles and Barcelona.

[Graham]

There's a cat 4(135 mph winds) Hurricane pointing this way the now. Sorry to ruin the fun lol. Looks like we might get some good Autumn weather soon.

[Kataphraktoi]

It's too hot for me.