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19 July 2006 Yesterday's highest temperature in the UK was at Wisley, near Woking in Surrey, where a reading of 33.3 °C was recorded. Met Office forecasters are expecting the highest temperatures of the year today (Wednesday). There is a 70% chance of the UK July record being broken (the record is currently 36 °C at Epsom in 1911) and the most favoured spots are still expected to be around the south-west Midlands. The Welsh record for July of 33.6 °C at Usk in 1976 is certain to tumble, with the all-time Welsh record of 35.2 °C also under threat. North-western parts of Wales are most favoured. For Scotland, local maxima of 31-32 °C are expected today, just short of the July record of 32.8 °C at Dumfries in 1908. It is a similar story for Northern Ireland where maxima of 29 °C are forecast, just lower than the July record of 30.8 °C in 1983 at Belfast.
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