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The Met Office confirmed that the United Kingdom broke its record for the hottest-ever June temperature for the third consecutive day on Friday.
The blistering heatwave strained schools and hospitals and severely depressed local business activity across the country.
Meteorologists clocked the new peak of 36.9°C in Wattisham, Suffolk, which eclipsed the previous record of 36.7°C established just one day before.
The unprecedented weather prompted the Met Office to extend its highest-level red “extreme heat” warning for a third consecutive day. The agency warned that the extreme weather threatens the health of the general population.
Medical professionals, educators, and climate experts simultaneously noted that the UK remains fundamentally unprepared for intense heatwaves driven by ongoing climate change.
The extreme temperatures heavily suppressed footfall at a central London market that typically serves office workers.
Street food vendors struggled to maintain operations with their gas stoves, experiencing indoor workspace temperatures up to 5°C higher than the outside air.
Traders expressed anxiety over a difficult summer, noting that public advice to stay home and restrict travel severely reduced their lunch-hour customer base.
The heat wave also paralysed essential infrastructure, tourist hotspots, and public services.
London Ambulance Service Chief Jason Killens reported that a surge in life-threatening emergency calls forced the agency to redeploy non-frontline clinical staff directly to the field.
Meanwhile, overheating caused critical IT systems and MRI machines to fail at multiple hospitals, while hundreds of schools closed their doors.
Major cultural attractions, including Tower Bridge, the British Museum, and the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, either enacted early closures or shut entirely due to the extreme danger
