Northern Ireland has its hottest day ever
Posted on AllSides July 17th, 2021
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It is the hottest day on record with Ballywatticock, near Newtownards in County Down, recording a temperature of 31.2C.
The previous high was 30.8C set in the summers of 1976 and 1983.
Record-breaking temperatures require a series of factors to line up, one after another, and today they did just that.
The hottest day of the year so far has been provisionally recorded in the other three UK nations too, and it could be even warmer on Sunday.
In England, 30.7C was recorded at Linton-on-Ouse in North Yorkshire; in Wales,...
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