article_snippet.sent: Britons are so confident of a scorching summer that bookmakers are receiving tens of thousands of pounds in bets on this year breaking records.
article_snippet.sent: Coral’s price on this summer being the hottest on record has fallen from 10/1 to 2/1, while Ladbrokes has 5/6 on this spring being the warmest ever.
article_snippet.sent: There has been a surge in bets after the recent warm weather, and William Hill has 8/1 odds that the temperature will exceed 100F (37.8C) this year.
article_snippet.sent: Ladbrokes is also offering 8/1 that the April record of 29.4C (84.9F) set in 1949 in Camden, north London, will be broken by the end of the month.