Hottest ever August bank holiday recorded in Wales

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Hawarden in North Wales breaks all the temperature for Wales, and it’s done it once again with a reading over 29 degrees for the first time ever on an August bank holiday in the country. We’re taking a look at why Hawarden breaks so many records.

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00:00Wales has recorded its hottest ever August bank holiday, with temperatures peaking at

00:08over 29 degrees Celsius in Huardén in Flintshire, but this isn't the first time Huardén has

00:13made the weather headlines.

00:18The small village is already known as something of a heat hotspot. In July 2022, it hit a

00:22blistering 37.1 degrees Celsius, the highest temperature ever recorded in Wales. Before

00:28that, it held the previous record of 35.2, set on the same site back in 1990.

00:36That legacy continued this bank holiday, as Huardén once again led the temperature charts,

00:42this time setting the record for the hottest bank holiday ever recorded in Wales. But it

00:46begs the question, why does one village in North Wales break so many temperature records?

00:51It's mainly because it sits in a sheltered lowland, meaning the air is allowed to heat

00:57up and not moved on by cooling Atlantic winds, like in other parts of Wales. The valley

01:02effect makes it especially prone to recording extreme highs compared to the rest of the country.

01:09Though the newest record isn't as extreme as 2022's peak, the steadily rising temperature

01:14benchmarks suggest something more lasting and less seasonal is unfolding. Do rising global

01:19temperatures and climate change mean we'll see more sweltering bank holidays in the future?

01:26For now, most of Wales will see the mercury drop back after the bank holiday, which could

01:30spell the end of the summer weather. But the big question remains, will Huardén continue

01:35to rewrite Wales' hottest records in the years ahead? James Peach Watkins, reporting for

01:39local TV for local TV.

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