UK: Britain records hottest day of year.

Shotlist UK - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland) 1. Various of people walking in outdoor area amid heatwave 2. Fan working 3. Various of people sitting around in park 4. Various of children, people playing in park; enjoying fountain UK - Recent (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland) 5. Various of subway train moving; people on platform 6. Various of people on subway UK - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland) 7. Sign reading "the best air con in London" 8. People sitting in cafe, avoiding summer heat Storyline Temperatures provisionally reached 38.1 degrees Celsius at Kew Gardens, southwest London, on Thursday, making it the hottest day of the year so far in Britain and the fifth hottest day on record, Britain's Met Office said. It was the second time this year that temperatures in the country had reached 38 degrees Celsius. The only other year in which the threshold was reached twice was 2022, according to the Met Office. Thursday's reading surpassed the previous annual high recorded on June 26, Sky News reported. The Met Office has said that Britain is on course for its warmest summer since records began, the broadcaster reported. Temperature records had already been broken in May and June. The latest period of high temperatures marks the fifth hot spell since May. Under the definition of a heatwave as three consecutive days above threshold temperatures, parts of Scotland have experienced one heatwave this year, while parts of southern and southwest England have recorded eight, Sky News said.