Northam Courier in Northam, Western Australia

Record London heat breaks century old marks

A new London temperature record on August 15 reports shade highs around 95 degrees across most stations with Greenwich touching 100 degrees, surpassing all observatory readings since 1444. Observations include 95 at Oxford 96 at Widnes and 97 at Camden Square and Hillington Norfolk as noted in a Philosophic Magazine discussion of globular lightning and Petrie lectures on civilization.