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Col
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27 July 2019 11:39:45


21.1C in my garden but feels divine in the sunshine. I think the Shetland all time record is 23.4C. I've been up there numerous times this year for work and it is normally 12 and overcast!!


Originally Posted by: howham 


Well if you click on the Shetland link in Retron's post you will see that they have already reached 24C so the record has gone, subject to verification of course 🙂 It would be quite remarkable for Shetland to have the highest temperature in summer. I imagine it's happened a fair few times in winter with a cold & frosty high over the rest of the UK but Shetland being far enough north to be influenced by milder Atlantic air but in summer it must be breathtakingly rare.


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johncs2016
27 July 2019 11:47:41


 


Well if you click on the Shetland link in Retron's post you will see that they have already reached 24C so the record has gone, subject to verification of course 🙂 It would be quite remarkable for Shetland to have the highest temperature in summer. I imagine it's happened a fair few times in winter with a cold & frosty high over the rest of the UK but Shetland being far enough north to be influenced by milder Atlantic air but in summer it must be breathtakingly rare.


Originally Posted by: Col 


All the more remarkable when you consider that at Edinburgh Gogarbank where it got up to 31.6°C just a couple of days ago, thus making that day Edinburgh's hottest day on record, it was a dismal 14.9°C at 12 noon today in the pouring rain with many places even during last winter, having seen higher temperatures than that on a number of days.


 


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doctormog
27 July 2019 12:02:10


 


Well if you click on the Shetland link in Retron's post you will see that they have already reached 24C so the record has gone, subject to verification of course 🙂 It would be quite remarkable for Shetland to have the highest temperature in summer. I imagine it's happened a fair few times in winter with a cold & frosty high over the rest of the UK but Shetland being far enough north to be influenced by milder Atlantic air but in summer it must be breathtakingly rare.


Originally Posted by: Col 


I know it actually cites the 23.4°C value in Wikipedia as well but I am pretty sure it is not the all-time Shetland record, perhaps for Lerwick?


Edit: It appears that Scatsta is not an official Met Office station included in the records, only Lerwick and four other more remote stations. Based on that information the record is probably officially 23.4°C although Scatsta has been as high as at least 27°C (2003). As Lerwick has “only” reached around 20.1°C today the record is safe for the moment.


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27 July 2019 12:40:56


I know it actually cites the 23.4°C value in Wikipedia as well but I am pretty sure it is not the all-time Shetland record, perhaps for Lerwick?


Edit: It appears that Scatsta is not an official Met Office station included in the records, only Lerwick and four other more remote stations. Based on that information the record is probably officially 23.4°C although Scatsta has been as high as at least 27°C (2003). As Lerwick has “only” reached around 20.1°C today the record is safe for the moment.


Originally Posted by: doctormog 

Well at least you guys can have a gloat today!  I know you do get some lovely weather up there because I’ve experienced it!  I have photos of our kids in bathing suits, eating quickly melting ice creams on Cullen beach.  Anyway, it’s really great that you’ve come to the party!  


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roadrunnerajn
27 July 2019 13:22:43
Beautiful day down here light/mod WNW breeze 3/8s cloud cover with cu and a little CI.
20.8c...
...but not looking good early part of next week..
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howham
27 July 2019 14:05:55
It's been a warm week here. Nice that for a change we're the ones hanging on to the sunshine!
Viking3
27 July 2019 17:11:18

The weather here in Aberdeenshire this week (and including today) has been very nice - warm but not too hot with most days 23 to 27 degrees. 


You cannot beat this area during summer hot spells! The climate of Aberdeen city as described by Richard is not that experienced inland most of the time.


Apparently the Shetland record is 27.8C at Sumburgh of all places - the 23.4C quoted is the Lerwick record.


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doctormog
27 July 2019 17:15:45


The weather here in Aberdeenshire this week (and including today) has been very nice - warm but not too hot with most days 23 to 27 degrees. 


You cannot beat this area during summer hot spells! The climate of Aberdeen city as described by Richard is not that experienced inland most of the time.


Apparently the Shetland record is 27.8C at Sumburgh of all places - the 23.4C quoted is the Lerwick record.


Originally Posted by: Viking3 


That sounds about right re. Shetland however it may not be an “official” value? By the way for the record, the climate  of Aberdeen is not always as “described” too.  (Either that or there are notable microclimates within the city!)


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27 July 2019 17:37:58


 


That sounds about right re. Shetland however it may not be an “official” value? By the way for the record, the climate  of Aberdeen is not always as “described” too.  (Either that or there are notable microclimates within the city!)


Originally Posted by: doctormog 

  Richard is beyond help, bless him!  I just think he’s proving he’s British by moaning about the weather!  


I think we give a general bad impression of our weather.  Many times I’ve been abroad and have been asked about rainy old Britain!  Abroad they seem to think it always rains here.  Probably due to other British holidaymakers saying so, half in jest!  


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lanky
27 July 2019 18:48:31

I wonder when the last time was the maximum temperature dropped by 18 degrees C in two days


Been a truly nasty cold wet day here after the toasting of 2 days ago



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fairweather
27 July 2019 19:39:45

Incredible couple of days weather and an amazing coincidence for me. On the day of the previous record I was playing cricket 10km from Brogdale. This time I was probably 400m from the Cambridge Botanical gardens. I'd booked a weekend away in Cambridge a couple of months back. Then I was worried about rain spoiling it - didn't think of checking if the hotel had air con - it didn't. 40C in a bedroom is no joke! Outside the wall of heat was nothing like anything I've ever felt anywhere in the world at any time except for maybe a 38C in Adelaide. Amazing experience for me - not so good for my wife who suffers in the sun at 24C !


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fairweather
27 July 2019 19:47:15


 


Of course if he wanted to experience real heat and if he had plenty of money to spare, then he could always head towards Australia at some time of the year like January which is the height of the Southern Hemisphere summer. That way, he would learn a lot about what real heat is, and gain some experience of that as well.


 


Originally Posted by: johncs2016 


Well I've been to Australia 4 times, once for a few weeks. The hottest I experienced was 38.5C in Adelaide and just below that in Cairns. I was in Cambridge on Thursday and it more than matched the wall of heat that I felt in Adelaide. It really was like standing a few yards from an open furnace. And on sleeping - try a south facing hotel (with no air conditioning) bedroom the night after 38.7C max. probably got 1 hours sleep even after a few beers!


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KevBrads1
28 July 2019 05:49:25

Awful start to the morning. Pouring it down. Rostherne has had about 33mm of rain since early hours of yesterday morning.


 


 


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Bolty
28 July 2019 08:52:47


Awful start to the morning. Pouring it down. Rostherne has had about 33mm of rain since early hours of yesterday morning.


 


 


Originally Posted by: KevBrads1 


A lot more here. Had 32.4mm of rain since midnight and 48mm in the last 24 hours, added with the fact that it's only 14C too. Terrible conditions for high summer, and an incredible contrast to earlier this week.


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SJV
28 July 2019 08:55:38
14.6mm yesterday and already 24mm today after a very wet spell in the early hours of this morning.

Quite a contrast as Scott says! Thankfully dry at the moment with the rain band not far away to the south and west of us.
richardabdn
28 July 2019 09:15:53

Yet another day of rank humid grey easterly muck  I am yet to wake up to sunshine since returning to the UK. Woke up to grey rubbish in Stockport on Wednesday and grey rubbish every day here since Thursday.


Temperature hasn't dropped below 16C since Thursday or 15C since last Monday. There have been 12 nights this month it hasn't dropped below 14C which is more than any full calendar year has ever recorded except for 2006 and 2013  House won't cool down below 23C yet it is too unpleasant to sit outside. You couldn't make this awful summer weather up.


Yesterday was a rare dry day but ruined by the vile North Sea cloud. Only managed 5.6 hours sun which fell short of even the 5.7 hours recorded on Saturday 21st July 2012 and now it is back to depressing sunless gloom.


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Saint Snow
28 July 2019 13:59:47

Getting on for 2 days of on-off rain/drizzle.


This is rank.



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picturesareme
28 July 2019 14:15:16
Lovely summers day again down here with temps widely mid 20's, and for a few possibly even the upper mid 20's or higher if it continues this way before the day is out.
CreweCold
28 July 2019 14:21:11
Coming up to 2 inches of rain in the last 36 hrs here.

July will end up being a wet month here along with June that had over twice the monthly average.

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KevBrads1
28 July 2019 15:47:31

Rainfall radar echoes over Greater Manchester area are horrendous especially east and northeast of the area at this time. Local flooding is going to be a problem and some streams and rivers must be close to flooding.


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Caz
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28 July 2019 15:52:07

Yuk!  What a wet weekend!  Still raining and miserable!  Still can’t get back to work in the garden!  36c and sunshine on Thursday, 15c and raining yesterday!  


Yesterday I was thinking, it could only happen like that in England but then I remembered being in the Dom Rep in January 2015.  The first week it was full sun and 30 -33c. Then on the Saturday it rained all day, it was grey all day and 15c.  It was just like England!  However, The following day was hot and sunny again, as was the rest of the holiday!  Not like England then!  


I’m longing for 23-25c days again so I can get in the garden!


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Shropshire
28 July 2019 15:55:19

Still raining heavily, the band is really intensifying South of Manchester right now and further pulses developing around B'ham.


 


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SJV
28 July 2019 16:03:36


Yuk!  What a wet weekend!  Still raining and miserable!  Still can’t get back to work in the garden!  36c and sunshine on Thursday, 15c and raining yesterday!  


Yesterday I was thinking, it could only happen like that in England but then I remembered being in the Dom Rep in January 2015.  The first week it was full sun and 30 -33c. Then on the Saturday it rained all day, it was grey all day and 15c.  It was just like England!  However, The following day was hot and sunny again, as was the rest of the holiday!  Not like England then!  


I’m longing for 23-25c days again so I can get in the garden!


Originally Posted by: Caz 


As long as you're quick off the line Caz you should manage some gardening next week and it'll feel warm enough too - just gotta avoid the downpours! 


We've had exactly an inch of rain today, though as Ian points out above, the really intense stuff is now to the west of here  Just dribs and drabs here now.

howham
28 July 2019 16:33:38
A cloudy start but warm and sunny afternoon! Been a lovely few days here (just 20 odd miles from Richardabdn's cloudy hell).

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