Here in PSJ is a 5 degree difference. The breeze is also welcome along with humidity going up to 42% rh. 

https://watchers.news/2018/06/27/summer-snow-newfoundland-labrador-june-2018/

Some self-congratulation in order?

Very much reminds me of ex-Hurricane Ophelia last year, though the atmospheric affects this time are nowhere near as pronounced as that was.

Feels very pleasant outside today, but much cooler despite the wall to wall sunshine. 23.2c now.

A very pleasant just over 30C and a F3 easterly breeze and clear blue skies. The air must be dry as it's very comfortable to be out and about.

The hottest air has moved NW today. The current top 10 at 1400 BST:

AVIEMORE                 29.4
BLACKPOOL             28.9
KESWICK (AUT)        28.8
CARLISLE (AUT)        28.7
SHANNON AIRPORT 28.6
CASTLEDERG           28.4
ABOYNE (SAWS)       28.3
TRAWSCOED (AUT) 28.3
CLAREMORRIS         28.1
FINNER                       28.1

Aboyne is 30 miles inland from Aberdeen where it is presently 21.7C. Inverbervie on a hilltop south of Aberdeen is 12.4C in drizzle!

28c here  just outside Glasgow, absolutely glorious blue skies.

I'm seeing Woodvale the warmest at 1400 BST with 31c? 

According to the Met Office on twitter the hottest so far is Porthmadog (which was also yesterday's winner), at 31.9C. It's not one of the stations that report automatically online.

Seems to be 31C in Aviemore too.

My list was taken from the official UK synoptic reports that go on to the GTS. I see those reports now from another source and Woodvale seems high compared to Crosby which is just down the coast? Maybe local sea breeze effects as both Blackpool and Liverpool are up there near 29 or 30 as well.

The wonderful system we have in place where the publically funded Met Office maintains a series of stations that only report into the Met Office network and have to be purchased.

richardabn will be happy !

He is, as far as I know, in Aberdeen where it is pleasantly warm and sunny away from the immediate coastline (and not in Inverbervie). Ithas been a lovely day here so far but the haar has always been visible in the distance.

The 31°C in Aviemore is rather impressive.

20C on the top of Cairngorms. Bad news for the snow patches.

This is now the longest unbroken run of truly Mediterranean-style weather (breezy, yet very warm with a comfortably dry feel) I can remember seeing here (let alone so widely across the UK!), and it still has a couple more days to run before the humidity steps up a bit.

It's great to watch the peak heat shifting about with the winds, much as you can do during typical high summer weather when staying within 50-odd miles of Europe's Mediterranean coastlines. 

Today has behaved differently to the last few in terms of the diurnal pattern though; it was breezier in the morning as the flow across the land dominated proceedings, but this afternoon it's less windy than the preceding few days thanks to the sea breeze being held back near the coast.

As a result, temperatures have climbed more slowly today, but haven't hit an early- or mid-afternoon plateau as was the case each of the very warm days Sun-Tue. It was 26*C at 3 pm but passed the 27*C mark at 4 pm and is still climbing as I type this, keeping me on target for the third day in a row to peak in the 28s.

I had hoped that the land breeze setup would allow temps to get into the 29s today, but it seems the flow is a bit too far toward E as opposed to N; the land track increases greatly when comparing the latter direction of flow with the former.

Tomorrow and Friday should be more toward N (probably averaging close to NE), so they will bring my best chance to see 30*C from this spell, unless the sea breeze is unexpectedly weak and/or the flow stays more toward NE than expected on Saturday.

ARPEGE votes for Friday but I'm not ruling out tomorrow .

Incidentally, last year's mid-June spell peaked in the 31s for me, so it looks unlikely that this one will beat that one for peak temps - but for duration and dryness it's another matter! 

Richard's last report (as far as I know) was on today's current conditions thread where he had said that he had ventured a bit further inland and was happy with a temperature of 25ºC at that time.

Check out this webcam link. It should take you to the 30 day view but if not just select 30 days above the image. You can drag the slider bar along the bottom to speed it up and you can really see the snow patch to the lower right of the summit shrink and break up, especially in the last 4 or 5 days.

A long walk on the plateau will be a tough thing today with little wind and no water anywhere up high. You would need to carry several litres of water just to stay hydrated.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-44625449 

Some exceptional numbers there for NWern areas.

Carlisle was the hottest place in England 30.3c today that doesn't happen very often. 30.0c in Castlederg Northern Ireland as well. Porthmadog hottest of all 31.9c. Aviemore 31.3c

'Only' 28*C maximum here today, but taking place in the evening and with the breeze easing down, making for among the hottest feel to conditions so far in this spell.

This continues the run of the most comfortable high-20s I can recall here, but the humidity has edged up a little today, into the high 40s %, so there's just a tad more of a sweat building in the sun now.

Warmest max in my records today (going back 10 years) and tomorrow is expected to be even hotter. 

Arpege has 34C for Western Ireland on Friday...