1990 United Kingdom heatwave

1990 United Kingdom heat wave
AreasUnited Kingdom and Ireland
Start date1 August 1990
End date4 August 1990
Peak temp. 37.1 °C (98.8 °F), recorded at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

During the 1990 heat wave in the United Kingdom a weather station recorded a temperature of 37.1 °C (98.8 °F) for Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, the highest temperature ever known in Britain, one full Fahrenheit degree above the previous record, set in 1911.

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