2pm (1300Z) update:
NORTHOLT AUTOMATIC W 39.5
KEW GARDENS 39.2
CONINGSBY AUTOMATIC 39.1
East Midlands 39
Doncaster Sheffi 39
MONKS WOOD AUTOMATIC 39
Stansted 39
Cambridge 39
HEATHROW 39
London City 39
Cranfield 39
Mildenhall Raf 39
LONDON ST JAMESS PAR 38.9
CHERTSEY, ABBEY MEAD 38.8
BATTERSEA HELIPORT 38.7
COLESHILL AUTOMATIC 38.7
WITTERING 38.7
CAMBRIDGE NIAB AUTOM 38.6
HIGH BEACH AUTOMATIC 38.6
NOTTINGHAM, WATNALL 38.6
Lots of stations now breaking the old record (allowing for rounding). Still only one 40C METAR all day which was at Northolt.
Yateley, NE Hampshire, 73m asl
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