UK records hottest day of year so far as mercury hits 24.9C

The UK experienced its hottest day of the year so far on Tuesday and temperatures could reach 30C at the earliest point on record later this week, forecasters said. The highest temperature recorded on Tuesday was 24.9C in Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire, according to the Met Office. The previous hottest day this year was 24.5C recorded in St James’s Park, London, on Monday. The highest recorded April temperature was in 1949, when Camden Square, London, recorded 29.4C. Craig Carter, the LFB’s assistant commissioner for prevention and protection, said: “Even when the sun is shining, water temperatures can be dangerously cold.