Temperatures hit 91.8F at Heathrow Airport beating record set in 1944
Met Office confirmed today is hottest ever August Bank Holiday Monday with temperature of 83.5F recorded
That record was later eclipsed after high of 91.6F was recorded at London Heathrow this afternoon
Sunday's temperatures meant it was the hottest August Bank Holiday weekend since records began in 1841
Millions are soaking up the sun today on beaches, in parks and at the annual Notting Hill Carnival celebration
A visiting dolphin to Lyme Regis in west Dorset caused excitement as he visited boats just outside of the harbour for the second day
The Met Office confirmed it is the hottest ever Bank Holiday Monday in August today, with hundreds already packing out Bournemouth beach, pictured, this morning to make the most of the sun
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Bourton Rovers 1st team (yellow sleeves) and Bourton Rovers 2nd team (in solid blue) play each other in the annual traditional river football match in the Cotswolds village of Bourton-in-the-Water, Gloucestershire
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A goal keeper reaches for the ball as players try to score in Bourton's annual football match in the water
The temperature beat the record of 91.4F (32.8C) set in 1944, with Britons flooding beaches and heading for ice creams as they tried desperately to keep cool. Pictured: Footballers play in the water in an annual tradition
Making a splash! Relatively early this morning, today became the hottest ever August Bank Holiday Monday when temperatures of 83.5F were recorded at Tibenham Airfield in Norfolk, beating the previous late August holiday high of 82.8F set in 2017 at Holbeach in Lincolnshire
Sunbathers also soaked up the rays on the Jurassic Coast in West Bay, Dorset, with temperatures only rising
Swimmers are pictured here taking a dip at Beckenham Place Park in south east London, pictured
10-year-old Kadie Lane, pictured, cooled off in the sea at Blyth in Northumberland to cool off in the intense heat
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