Met Office announces hottest June day ever before thunderstorms hit 18 areas

The Met Office has announced the record for the hottest June day has been broken again, for the third day in a row. The hottest-ever June temperature has been recorded in Wattisham, Suffolk, with the mercury hitting 36.9C.

This is even higher than the previous record, which was set on Thursday (June 25), when 36.7C was recorded in Merryfield, Somerset.