Indeed I'm disgusted that my taxes go towards paying the wages of that contemptible moron and am utterly pig sick of temperatures in the SE being used as evidence that the UK is experiencing more extreme/intense heatwaves when for many parts that is simply not true.

Reached 32C in Scotland in June 1893. Would be hard to imagine the temperature getting that high these days.

The frequency of very high summer temperatures here has reduced drastically in recent years. Just look at the years that Aberdeen (Dyce) reached 26C in June.

1950 (28.9)
1959 (27.8)
1960 (26.1)
1975 (26.2)
1976 (26.5)
1989 (26.6)
1994 (26.1)
1995 (26.7)
2004 (26.1)
2019 (26.1)

Just once in the past 18 years compared to an average of once every 7 years between 1946 and 2004 and it's been over 60 years since 27C was reached despite it being reached twice during the cool 1950s. 28.9C was also reached at nearby Craibstone during an amazing heatwave in early June 1939 which also saw 31C reached in Glasgow. If only we could get weather events like that these days.

Don't expect anyone from the Met Office to quote stats like this that go against their biased agenda. They would rather the public don't get the full picture.

As for today, I recorded 23.2C here which isn't in any way notable for the month of June as evidenced above.

Memories are (conveniently) short on TWO it seems.

While we in the South East spent last summer beset by rain and cloud, Scotland and Northern Ireland were getting the summer we missed.

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/press-office/news/weather-and-climate/2021/one-of-the-hottest-summers-on-record-for-scotland-and-northern-ireland

In fact memories are even shorter than that. The start of June was beautifully sunny, and pretty warm, in large parts of Scotland.

Exactly the same here, down the road, in the end. 32.5C. Out of interest  what time was your maximum?

 Yes indeed Exact date Scotland's 'Highland Heat Dome' to end as summer 2021 one of hottest on record - Daily Record

 I have family up near Strath Oykel in the Highlands and they think they get more Hot ,25c plus days than they used to.

The Met Office "last 24 hours" page says that Astwood Bank (Worcestershire) got down to -1.5C yesterday. Surely that has to be an error! https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/observation/map/#?map=WeatherCode&zoom=5&lon=-4.00&lat=55.01&fcTime=1655492400

Edit: As far as I can tell the true lowest was Exeter Airport with 8.4C.

I cringed at the news on BBC1 yesterday when they reported the maximum temperature of 33C was twice as warm as Scotland which had 16-17C

Santon Downham turned out to be Friday's hot spot at 32.7c. So slightly below the 33c and 34c forecast by the Met office then, but still plenty hot enough. I wonder if this will be beaten in July or August? I'd put the odds at about 60-40 in favour, probably somewhere in the S.E. with it's new found Mediterranean summer climate.

Here in Edinburgh, the maximum temperature at Edinburgh Gogarbank during yesterday was actually 19.6°C so unless we are talking about the average maximum temperature across Scotland as a whole here, it is not quite correct to say that Scotland only had around 16/17°C.

In the end, yesterday wasn't actually as cool here as it had been forecast to be although it was still a lot cooler than those much higher temperatures which were recorded much further south.

Those predictions of a 24 hour drop of 15C from 35 to 20 are now out of the window. Here, in what was a hot spot of 32.5C yesterday it was 25C at 10.00 am but has now dropped back to 23.6C so much more of a steady cooling to Sunday than first forecast.

Same down at the vineyard. Minimum a pleasant 14 overnight but up up 24C before falling to 20 later today.  

My time-lapse for yesterday. The morning began very warm, before the sea breeze kicks in just after midday, wrecking the afternoon. The front then arrived in the evening to finish it off:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDFjfnQ9J4c

Same trend here yesterday.

Max temp of 25.7c was recorded at 11.50am before dropping away.

At present only 13.8c which is 10c lower than same time yesterday

Yes, similar here today. It's been a complete non-event up here despite the media obsession this last week. But London got the heat, so that's all that matters!

At this time yesterday it was 31.5c and now it’s 16.2c.  So the contrast in temperature was forecast correctly for here.  

I'm in Gloucester this weekend and it was 29 this time yesterday today It's barely  made 13  hottest day of summer to coldest overnight .

Oh to live by the sea…. Yesterday 19.8c and sunny. Today 16.2c with distant rumbles of thunder.

And yet down here it almost hit 29C today before cooling off somewhat after midday. By 4pm it was still 21C but the breeze was picking up. 

I can see the sea from my back bedroom window (it's half a mile away). It didn't stop it getting to 31C yesterday and 23C today, though!

(Thankfully the heat has now gone, it's 16C and raining...)

Yes, the bricks were well-warmed yesterday - even this morning, they still felt warm to the touch. A storage heater, in effect, just a big one!

(It's still 22C in here as I write this, despite windows being open all afternoon...)