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.
article_snippet.sent: Ladbrokes spokesman David Williams said yesterday: ‘The money flooding in on weather bets is unusual and has taken us a bit by surprise.
article_snippet.sent: This is the first time we have seen quite significant sums wagered on this specific bet - so obviously people out there sense something hot is coming.
article_snippet.sent: Nicola McGeady from Coral added: 'The British public are obsessed with the weather and that is reflected in the interest in weather betting.'
article_snippet.sent: A third of weather bets to Ladbrokes have come from punters in the South East - the area that has enjoyed the best conditions over the past week.
article_snippet.sent: And the bookmaker said the bookmaker biggest bet of the year so far has been £1,000 on 2015 to be the hottest year on record at 8/1 - placed in January.
article_snippet.sent: Meanwhile, Coral - MailOnline's official betting partner - said Coral - MailOnline's has even had a request from someone asking to bet on rain every day this summer.
highlights_snippet.sent: Bookmakers are receiving tens of thousands of pounds in bets on weather records being broken this summer .
  