Homepage today talks of @tropical Saturday' tomorrow; I have already mentioned on MOD the consistent signal for exceptionally warm nighttime conditions overnight (tonight). Could it be the warmest October night on record in places? 

I can tell you the strong winds at the moment are accompanied by increasing temperatures: up from 19 when I got home to 20 now. Feels very muggy out and odd, given the leaves blowing in all directions, the gathering dusk and the general autumnal feel. 

If tomorrow gets 26 in those winds, it will indeed feel like tropical stuff. I think we are all about to enjoy a memorable marvelous weather moment.

I think that we had better get used to what we have been seeing with cold airs off Greenland helping build mighty icelandic lows ( augmented by 'cane remnants) as they meet with the balmy sub tropical airs (fed up by our new resident High Pressure neighbour).

I , for one, will not be surprised if we see some record low pressures recorded from such beasties!

The resulting 'trailing fronts' (that we are becoming ever more used to seeing) are also marking out atmospheric rivers and woe betide anyone stuck under one for days on end!

I like the warmth but I don't fancy the rain!

 Yeah, I sat outside to eat but me broccoli blew away 

Temperature has levelled off at 20°C (20.1 actually) and the wind strength has increased. It feels disorientating outside. July night.

The 17C minimum of 1985 is sure to be exceeded if yesterday's Arpege is right. Arpege a bit slow on publication earlier; I'll go and have a look now.

I agree - not my cup of tea at all - apart from the novelty value.

At one point it was warmer outside than in the house - though the temp here  outside has dropped off a degree or so now.

East Anglia looks favoured for 25C+ tomorrow. Date record of 25.3C looks likely to fall.

http://modeles7.meteociel.fr/modeles/arpege/runs/2018101212/arpegeuk-31-30-0.png?12-17

http://modeles.meteociel.fr/modeles/wrfnmm/runs/2018101212/nmm_uk1-31-30-1.png?12-19

http://modeles.meteociel.fr/modeles/icon/runs/2018101215/iconeu_uk1-31-27-0.png?12-20

http://modeles2.meteociel.fr/modeles_gfs/runs/2018101212/27-582UK.GIF?12-12

Minimum temperatures tonight may not fall below 19C in a few spots according to ARPEGE. Other models going for 17-18C.

http://modeles7.meteociel.fr/modeles/arpege/runs/2018101212/arpegeuk-32-18-0.png?12-17

http://modeles.meteociel.fr/modeles/wrfnmm/runs/2018101212/nmm_uk1-32-18-1.png?12-18

http://modeles2.meteociel.fr/modeles_gfs/runs/2018101212/18-583UK.GIF?12-12

http://modeles.meteociel.fr/modeles/icon/runs/2018101215/iconeu_uk1-32-15-0.png?12-20

The highest UK October minimum on record is 19.4C recorded on 1 October 1985 in Wales. The highest minimum in England for October is 18.6C. We could get very close to that. 

Currently 21.4C at Heathrow

Thanks GW; those were the figures I was wondering about. Admit I hadn't realised the record min was so high. Was that a shelter/ foehn site? This year's situation is very different if so, being more broadly warm across S England. 

The England figure was set quite far north so I think it was probably a foehn effect. Emley Moor which is just north of the Peak District. Winds were southerly at the time.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Emley+Moor,+Leys+Ln,+Emley,+Huddersfield+HD8+9QY/@53.6128005,-2.2049251,9z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x48796275fae730b1:0x37a08e7111607502!8m2!3d53.612367!4d-1.644605

Here is the reanalysis chart for 1 October 2011 when the record was set

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/maps/archive/2011/noaa/NOAA_1_2011100100_1.png

The UK record was set at Aber on 1 October 1985. This is on the north coast of Wales immediately north of Snowdonia. So foehn effect again.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Aber/@53.2343156,-4.4996432,9.22z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x4865047491330d97:0xde7ab72952e0689d!8m2!3d53.2263654!4d-4.0042684

Reanalysis chart shows brisk south-westerlies at the time

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/maps/archive/1985/noaa/NOAA_1_1985100100_1.png

No real change in temperatures in the past hour or so. At 2100

Heathrow 21.3C
Northolt 21.2C

Sitting in my front room. Just a pair of shorts, a few Estrella's listening to some classic Chic hits. October? :)

I've just travelled up from Cornwall to Derbyshire to see family. From Exeter eastwards the temperature just kept on rising. On the cars thermometer the temperature stayed between 17-19c.
Does anybody know what the record for the October overnight temperature is?

just read the thread above.... Question already answered..

Global warming, bring it on

Still 17.5C with rain showers here in Manchester. It feels like a humid, wet summer's night rather than an autumn night.

18.6c
Windy and drizzly rain - the lowest nighttime min in Exeter was 18.8c on 8th July if I remember so we could be on par of that min! But this is October for heavens sake!! Crazy to think some could record the warmest nighttime minimum throughout the whole year but in October!?

Yes “good times” indeed or you might be listening to another of there songs “ a warm summer night” ....? 

Currently still 19.8C at St James Park so the October high minimum record looks like it may be broken.

Could be, GW, as long as somewhere had a high temperature at yesterday morning's time of reading. Here, the temperature stayed in the 19s all night (unprecedented) but my minimum will be 16 as I use a very non-standard 7am-7am window. Most stations I believe use 9GMT - 9GMT (so, at the moment, 10BST); hopefully some warmer places yesterday morning were warming up by then- although our 19s here didn't start until the afternoon. Somewhere in the London area maybe, with a warm night yesterday night?

Fingers crossed.

The milder air also looks like bringing another very wet day for many places too unfortunately.

Tried to convince the family to go to the seaside today but didn’t manage.

Folkestone dropped back to 17.9c last night. 

17.8C was the min here.