Temperatures peaked at 82.9F (28.3C) in Northolt, West London, yesterday  after hitting previous 2021 highs on Tuesday with 79F (26.1C) in Cardiff and 77.2F (25.1C) at Kinlochewe in the Highlands on bank holiday Monday. Northolt in west London reached the national high of 26.6C at 11.30am on Wednesday, beating the previous days high of 26.1C in Cardiff on the first day of meteorological summer. Elsewhere yesterday afternoon, temperatures of more than 27C (81F) were recorded around Greater London and Kent, while it was 26C (79F) as far north as Hawarden in Flintshire, north Wales. Hot weather also seemed to have brought the blooms to their peak at Leonardslee Lakes and Gardens in Lower Beeding, West Sussex. Then 25.8C (78.4F) was recorded on Tuesday in both Cardiff and Middle Wallop, Hampshire.
The hottest spell of 2017 is not yet past.
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                :ARG1-of (z2 / hot-05
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                                          :ARG1 z1
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                :time (z5 / date-entity
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The hottest spell of 2017 is not yet past .
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