Britain records hottest September day for the first time in 105 years

UK: Britain on Tuesday recorded its hottest September day for the first time in over a century with temperatures rising to over 34 degrees Celsius in the southern county of Kent.

The Met Office through its Twitter handle on Tuesday said that the town of Gravesend recorded a temperature of 34.4 degrees Celsius, making it the hottest day of the year.

"This makes it the warmest September day since 1911," it said.

Residents in London made the most out of the sun shine as they took to several parks in the city while residents in the southern city of Brighton headed to the beach for a swim.

Zoo keepers at a London Zoo, tried to cool animals down from the heat, by giving ice cubes packed with tasty morsels to the meerkats.

"They come from the Kalahari desert in southern Africa so it can get very warm during the day but they weren't born in the Kalahari desert so they are quite acclimatised to the UK weather," zookeeper Grant Kother said.

"So although they are quite hardy when it comes to warm weather, it is always nice to give them an option to cool down."

On Monday, NASA said last August was the warmest August on record.