August 10, 2003

Hot Hot Hot

For most of you in the States, this won't seem remarkable.

The high temperature record in Britain has been shattered today. It was so shattered that we recorded the very first 100°F day ever. The record was broken earlier in the day at Heathrow Airport, when it recorded 99.32°F, but the sun wasn't finished quite yet. Heathrow eventually topped out at 100.6°F. The new record, however, was set at Gravesend, Kent when it regstered 100.8°F.

The real losers were the bookies. William Hill alone will be paying out £250,000 on bets that the thermometer would reach 100°F. The odds were 25-1.

Posted by david at August 10, 2003 10:38 PM | TrackBack
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