The BBC weather centre said the highest temperature recorded so far on Sunday was 30.9 (87.6F) in Cambridge.

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Previously, the highest temperature on the range was 50C, represented by black.

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The highest temperature last month was recorded in Death Valley, Calif.

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Hot sure, but business as usual for the city, which has the highest average temperature in Europe.

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The Lut Desert had the highest recorded surface temperature in five of the seven years, topping out at 159 degrees in 2005.

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The government has put up posters and organised talks to explain to the villagers that urinating in the water can make them sick, and that they should avoid bathing in the river at noon - the snails come out when the temperature is highest.

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In 1922, the highest recorded shade temperature, 58 degrees Celsius, 136 Fahrenheit, was recorded at Al Aziziyah, Libya.

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That's because the body's hormone levels (such as cortisol) vary during the day and cause a person's temperature to be the highest between about 4 and 6 p.m. and lowest around 6 a.m.

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That warming trend was especially marked at night, when the temperature difference between the ground and the air is highest.

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It meets the highest standards of resistance to dust, sand, shock, vibrations, low pressure, high and low temperature, rain and long-term moisture.

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