Wales and Northern Ireland have recorded their warmest August bank holiday Monday temperatures.

It was 28.1C (82.5F) at Gogerddan, beating the previous record of 26.5C (79.7F) set in Crossway, Gwent, in 1991.

Meanwhile, the mercury hit 24.5C (76.1F) in Magilligan, County Derry/County Londonderry compared with the previous record of 23.8C (74.8F) at Banagher, County Derry/County Londonderry, in 1983.

There were no records broken in England and Scotland.

The warmest August bank holiday Monday on record for the UK and England was 33.2C (91.7F), recorded at London's Heathrow Airport and Cambridge Botanic Garden on 26 August 2019.

Scotland's highest was 25.6C (78F) at Kelso, Roxburghshire, in 1984.

There was widespread sunshine for most on Monday but later in the day the remnants of Hurri

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