Exclusive:Three temperature records tumble in unprecedented June heatwave in Sheffield
It follows a record-breaking May
The city set a new June temperature record on the 23rd with 32 degrees - and broke it again on the 24th with 32.1C, according to Alistair McLean, who handles the weather station at Weston Park Museum.
The previous record of 31.4 degrees had stood for 85 years, since June 22, 1941, he said.
Sheffield also endured the warmest June night on record, with 20.2C, overnight between the 23rd and 24th.
Mr McLean said it was also the fourth warmest night on record ever, and only the fifth time we’ve seen overnight temperatures above 20 degrees, with all of the other occasions being in July 2022, when all-time records were set.
Mr McLean is curator at the Weston Park weather station, which is associated with the Met Office and has records dating back to 1882.
The heatwave has sparked a “significant” wildfire on swathes of countryside near Sheffield, on Tintwistle Moor, Glossop.
It has also seen school children sent home early and East Midlands Railway urging passengers to avoid all but ‘essential’ travel by train.
Yorkshire Water asked people to “use water wisely” due to a spike in demand for drinking water, paddling pools, watering gardens and showers.
Yorkshire’s reservoirs are 82.1 per cent full this week, the company said.
Sheffield’s June’s temperature records come after records were broken in May.
The hottest ever recorded May day was 31.8C on May 25.
That was followed by the warmest ever May night, with a minimum temperature of 17.4C logged.