Flaming June continues with soaring temperatures

The Anglia region has been hit by heatwave conditions as temperatures continue to soar above 30°C. Credit: Joanne Joyce

The Anglia region has been hit by heatwave conditions as temperatures continue to soar above 30°C.

The highest temperature in the Anglia region on Monday was 31.3°C (88.3°F) recorded at Marham in Norfolk and Wittering in Cambridgeshire.

It was slightly hotter on Sunday with a maximum of 31.4°C at Cavendish in Suffolk.

Monday the UK's hottest day of the year so far as the temperature reached 32.5°C (90.5°C) at Hampton Water Works in west London.

The average maximum temperature in the Anglia region in late June is 20°C.

Maximum temperatures in the Anglia region on Monday 19 June 2017

  • 31.3°C in Marham, Norfolk

  • 31.3°C in Wittering, Cambridgeshire

  • 31.2°C in Santon Downham, Suffolk

  • 30.8°C in Woburn, Bedfordshire

  • 30.8°C in Cambridge

  • 30.3°C in Bedford

  • 30.1°C in Harpenden, Hertfordshire

  • 29.9°C in Houghton, Norfolk

  • 29.7°C in Cavendish, Suffolk

  • 29.1°C in Northampton

  • 28.6°C in Wattisham, Suffolk

The Icknield Way between Gt Chesterford and Strethall in Essex. Credit: Joanne Joyce

According to the Met Office the hottest June on record in East Anglia was in 1976 with average maximum temperatures of 24.0°C.

The average maximum temperature in the Anglia region up to 18 June was 21.5°C which is not as hot as it was in June 2003.