The BBC Weather Centre said it expected London temperatures to reach 37C (99F) on Wednesday, breaking the July record of 36C (97F), seen in Epsom, Surrey, in 1911.
Roads have been melting in parts of England as the heatwave across most of the country continues.
Gritting lorries have been sent out to spread crushed rock dust on melting tar to create non-stick road surfaces.
The Met Office recommended people stay hydrated in the heatwave conditions and Transport for London repeated its advice to passengers to carry water with them on the Underground.
Crowds flocked to beaches in seaside resorts such as Brighton
Children at a junior school in York are to be sent home early because of the hot weather. The head teacher at Scarcroft School - where temperatures have reached 32C (90F) in some classrooms - has told parents it will close at lunchtime on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
On Monday temperatures in the South of England topped those in Spanish resorts, higher than in Ibiza, where it was 31C (88F) and the Canary Islands - 27C (81F).
BBC weather forecaster, Tomasz Schafernaker, added there was a “10% chance” the UK’s all-time record of 38.5C (101F), recorded in Kent in August 2003, could even be beaten.
“On Tuesday and Wednesday, temperatures in the Midlands will rise to around 34C and 35C so already there will be some local records broken for July,” he said.
He said temperatures would ease off to around 30C in the Midlands and South East on Thursday and Friday.
I saw this documentary on Discovery just two days ago “Global Warming: What you need to know” with Tom Brokaw. It showed that according to all the computer models all over the world (US, Aus, Europe etc), in the next 50-100 years, major part of London and cities on the Atlantic coast of US like NYC wil be under 20-30 ft of water because of global warming. And countries like Bangladesh will be entirely under ocean.
seems to be a common trend all over
Here in Toronto, its been blistering hot for the last 3 days.
Well - I would rather enjoy it instead of biatching about it
When it is 30 below, in winters, I am gonna close my eyes and think of these beautiful, hot, scorching days of summer :love:
