WRITTLE was the hottest place in the UK yesterday (July 3).
Temperatures in the villages peaked at 27.7C just before 3pm, which also made yesterday the hottest day of the year.
And it could even reach 28C today, according to the Essex Weather Centre.
The previous hottest day was June 18 in Fife, when the mercury peaked at 27C.
Last year, the hottest temperature was 34.1C, recorded at Heathrow on August 1.
In 2012, levels reached 32.4C on August 18 in Cavendish, Suffolk, while in 2011, a reading of 33.1C was recorded in Gravesend, Kent, on June 27.
