With the right Synoptics between 14 July and 14 August, I'd say 40c is not out of the question. It would be good to see the all time record decimated.
What we would probably need is for a heatwave to firstly get established, and secondly last for at least a week in duration for us to have the best shot at it. IIRC, the all-time record in August 2003 was set a week or so after that heatwave first commenced.
That said, 37C was recorded at the start of July 2015 somewhere in the south and that didn't turn out to be a prolonged hot spell. My recollection is that the hot spell broke a few days into July and then it never really recovered for the rest of that month.
Lenzie, Glasgow
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