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- Betting odds make it 5/2 that we see the hottest day ever recorded in the UK in 2024
- 5 of the top 10 hottest days in the UK have taken place in the last decade
- White Christmas officially declared in 2023 after snow falls in Scotland
Betting odds make it 5/2 that we see the hottest day ever recorded in the UK in 2024
The start of 2024 saw bookmakers offer a variety of specials for the year ahead and OLBG have looked at the novelty markets that could be paid out as a winner in the next 12 months.
Weather betting is always a popular one for punters with odds such as snow falling on Christmas Day being just one of many weather betting markets that are offered on a yearly basis.
This year bookies are giving odds that the UK will record its hottest temperature ever beating the record of 40.3C set in Coningsby, Lincolnshire back in July 2022.
Betting odds are usually offered during the year on this market with global warming seeing temperatures hit record highs in recent years and the latest odds of 2024 seeing the UK’s record sit at 5/2.
2022 has two of the top four hottest days ever recorded in the UK with last year not seeing the highs as much in terms of warm weather temperatures.
The latest betting odds suggest there’s a 28% chance that we see the record broken this year with the odds offered at the start of the year by Star Sports as part of their 2024 novelty markets.
Nigel Skinner - Current Affairs Betting Expert - OLBG.com
5 of the top 10 hottest days in the UK have taken place in the last decade
The 10 hottest days ever recorded in the United Kingdom sees 5 out of the 10 having taken place in the last decade.
Warmer weather has started to become more common with many putting it down to global warming which has seen extreme weather spells with extremely hot or cold weather happening more often.
The highest temperature in all four countries of the United Kingdom have been recorded in the last two years with England, Wales and Scotland’s records all in July 2022 and Northern Ireland’s broken in July 2021.
| Rank | Temperature | Date | Place(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 40.3 °C (104.5 °F) | 19 July 2022 | Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
| 2 | 38.7 °C (101.7 °F) | 25 July 2019 | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire |
| 3 | 38.5 °C (101.3 °F) | 10 August 2003 | Faversham, Kent |
| 4 | 38.2 °C (100.8 °F) | 18 July 2022 | Pitsford, Northamptonshire |
| 5 | 37.8 °C (100.0 °F) | 31 July 2020 | Heathrow, Greater London |
| 6 | 37.1 °C (98.8 °F) | 3 August 1990 | Cheltenham, Gloucestershire |
| 7 | 36.7 °C (98.1 °F) | 1 July 2015 | Heathrow, Greater London |
| 8 | 36.7 °C (98.1 °F) | 9 August 1911 | Raunds, Northamptonshire |
| 9 | 36.6 °C (97.9 °F) | 2 August 1990 | Worcester, Worcestershire |
| 10 | 36.5 °C (97.7 °F) | 19 July 2006 | Wisley, Surrey |
Table via Wikipedia
White Christmas officially declared in 2023 after snow falls in Scotland
Bookies also offered odds last month that we would see a White Christmas in the UK and that was officially declared after snow fell across parts of Scotland on Christmas Day.
Christmas Day further south though was one of the warmest there has been, with 13.6C recorded in Exeter the warmest since the 13.3C that was recorded back in 2016.
It’s more than 100 years since we saw the hottest Christmas Day ever though in the UK with temperatures reaching 15.6C in Killerton, Devon way back in 1920.
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Nigel Skinner - Current Affairs Betting Expert - OLBG.com
