Has Manchester's heatwave broken any records this week?
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThere's no denying it has been sweltering hot in Manchester this week.Even a few overnight thunderstorms haven't been enough to cool things down significantly.Temperatures have been in the high 20s, even creeping past 30C at some points, since Friday last week.But have we broken any records?The top temperature recorded in Manchester on Wednesday (August 12) was 30.7C, according to the Met Office.That's still three whole degrees off Manchester's hottest ever August temperature though.Met Office data shows that the hottest day recorded in Manchester in August was in 1990 when it hit 33.7C.That was at the weather station at Ringway, where the airport is.But the mini-heatwave of August 2 and 3 in 1990 also saw temperatures reach 32.1C in Bolton.
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