{"id":519050,"date":"2026-06-26T07:02:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T07:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/519050\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T07:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T07:02:11","slug":"red-extreme-weather-warning-in-place-for-london-and-south-east-england-after-record-june-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/519050\/","title":{"rendered":"Red extreme weather warning in place for London and south-east England after record June heat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Red extreme weather warning in place for London and south-east Englandpublished at 06:32 BST<\/p>\n<p>06:32 BST<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sunrise over Twickenham\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/f2918f20-cae6-4fde-9533-caf39bda0f7d.jpg.webp\"  width=\"2218\" height=\"1247\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, BBC Weather Watchers\/@ruthiebabesImage caption, <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">This sunrise over Twickenham was captured by one of the BBC&#8217;s Weather Watchers<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A rare red warning of extreme heat is in place for London and parts of south-eastern England until 21:00 BST, affecting millions of people for the third consecutive day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It comes after the hottest ever June day on Thursday, with temperatures reaching 36.7C in Merryfield, Somerset.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">All four of the UK&#8217;s nations also recorded their highest temperatures of the year so far.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">During the heatwave, schools have closed, a hosepipe ban has been brought in for people in Kent and train services have been disrupted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">On Wednesday, the UK saw its warmest June night on record, according to provisional figures, with overnight temperatures in Cardiff not dropping below 23.5C, exceeding the previous record of 22.7C set in 1976.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But that record may have been broken again overnight, following the soaring daytime temperatures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Our teams across the UK, as well as BBC Weather, will bring you the latest updates and advice on how to stay cool throughout the day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Red extreme weather warning in place for London and south-east Englandpublished at 06:32 BST 06:32 BST Image source,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":519051,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-519050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/519051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}