Sheffield struggles to sleep in the heat with rare weather phenomenon raising temperatures

Sheffield experienced its hottest day ever yesterday with temperatures reaching a sizzling 35.1C just after 4pm.

This smashed the previous record of 34.3C, keeping Sheffield’s sun-seekers smiling all day long.

But, it’s been a completely different story at night.

Getting an uninterrupted 8 hours sleep in the unbearable heat has become an elusive skill that not many of us can boast to have achieved.

Temperatures were still a scorching 27C at 11pm last night and only dropped by three degrees at 2am.

Only at 5am did temperatures reach their coolest point, dipping down to 20C.

But, spare a thought for the people in Lincolnshire who experienced an uncomfortable weather phenomenon known as a ‘heat burst’.

As the clock hit 10.20pm, there was a temporary spike of 10C meaning temperatures in the evening reached a scorching 32C.

The Met Office said the heat burst was due to a thunderstorm collapsing in the skies above the county, quickly bringing hot air down to the surface.

They added: "Tonight's event is likely to be an example of a heat burst, a rare atmospheric phenomenon characterised by gusty winds along with a rapid increase in temperature and decrease in dew point (moisture)".

A graph released by the meteorologists showed that heat began rising at Donna Nook, a coastal area in the county, at around 10pm.

Within a few minutes, the temperature had peaked, before falling again shortly thereafter.