Very odd one today. To get 29C here with the wind from a WNW direction is incredible. When the forecasts factored this in for here max temps were only predicted to be around 24c. Noticed yesterday temps upgraded again and it proved correct.

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So, the UK finally gets a temperature of over 30°C, but it is surely very unusual for that highest temperature not to have been recorded anywhere in England, especially in SE England where you would normally expect that to happen.

Normal service will be resumed tomorrow - note how Heathrow has an automated 33C forecast, but the text forecast only shows 32C as a max!

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/forecast/gcpsvg3nc#?date=2021-07-18

(EDIT: 23.6C was the max here today, thank goodness, but tomorrow will see a burst of heat as we'll lose the sea breeze down here.)

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Very odd one today. To get 29C here with the wind from a WNW direction is incredible. When the forecasts factored this in for here max temps were only predicted to be around 24c. Noticed yesterday temps upgraded again and it proved correct.

tomorrow's forecast for here has upgraded, now showing 30C. Wouldn't be surprised if it upgrades again tomorrow.

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Yes, it’s upgraded to 31c for here tomorrow.  It’s still 28c now and calm, so it’s going to be a sticky night!  

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Think York reached 31 C! Even here in the Lakes we had 28 C with searing hot sun and no clouds in a WNW wind! Too hot for walking, I'm exhausted!

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I was in York today and it was sweltering. If Linton on ooze got to 30.7c , must have been over 31c easy in the city.

High here was 28.6c, which is a very respectable yearly high.

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Think York reached 31 C! Even here in the Lakes we had 28 C with searing hot sun and no clouds in a WNW wind! Too hot for walking, I'm exhausted!

In today's CC thread, you said that it was 27°C where you are, which is 1°C cooler than what you have reported here.

 

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Ballywatticock Northern Ireland 31.2c . Hottest ever temperature recorded in northern Ireland. 

https://mobile.twitter.com/metoffice

 

Could you make up a more implausible place name? But it's genuine - and its equally implausibly named top attraction is Daft Eddie's coffee shop.

https://www.komoot.com/guide/1698887/attractions-around-ballywatticock  

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27.1C here today and 27.7C yesterday which was the hottest day recorded since 17th July 2006. What do those two days have in common? I wasn't here  Was at Balmedie beach today and never seen it so busy - car parks were full.

2021 has been dire at times (January, May, early July) but the long overdue snowfall and long overdue high summer temperatures will make sure it rates more highly than most of the rock bottom bland nothingness of the past decade.

First time I have recorded two consecutive days reaching 27C. Very rare and exceptional but it seems impossible now to hit 28C. Another year without attaining that threshold will equal the record of 16 consecutive years from 1959-1974.

22nd July 2018 should have smashed it but for the ludicrous overcast that hung around all afternoon like a bad smell. Never known anything like it and fortunately the same problem did not occur today but airmass was obviously not as warm.

Surprised the Northern Ireland record is so paltry given that it's reached 32C before in NE Scotland and one of those occasions was in September!

 

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The synoptics look like average summer warm spell so very interesting to see a record broken in N Ireland . Perhaps worrying also.

Just a little background into the new NI temperature record. 

The station at Ballywatticock is close to the town of Newtownards in North Down. 

Interestingly, the 30.8C (which was the old record recorded in west Fermanagh on 30th June 1976 and at Shaws Bridge (south Belfast) on 12th July 1983) was also equalled at Killowen (Southeast Down) on Saturday afternoon. 

It has been extremely dry across Northern Ireland over the last 6 weeks. Just 52% of normal in June and 20% of average so far in July. The ground is baked rock hard and many lawns / grassed areas have turned brown. This will have allowed temperatures to rise a couple of degrees above what normal low level thickness forecasts would suggest. 

There has been marked subsidence warming under high pressure for several days now across Northern Ireland and by today, low level thicknesses had exceeded 139 Dam….very high for this part of the world. 

Friday saw temperatures widely reach 26-28C across Northern Ireland.

Saturday had a gin clear sky with not even a whisp of cirrus and a light westnorthwesterly drift giving the east and southeast of NI the benefit of the longest land track for the air. Sun elevation was just two degrees off maximum -being less than 4 weeks since solstice. 

The Met Office UKV model from midnight last night was forecasting max’s around 31C in east/southeast Down having eventually caught up with how warm the low level air was. 

Having had sight of the station temperature traces it would appear that the absolute max’s occurred when winds dropped out flat calm just before a sea breeze kicked in at both sites which led to a significant drop in temperatures. 

So it would appear all the factors came together to allow a new extreme high max for NI. 

Admittedly of course we didn’t have a huge value to beat in comparison to other parts of GB or indeed ROI so the fact that we’ve taken so long to beat the previous record is perhaps the surprise.

Suffice to say unless the station inspection reveals something unacceptable (which I’d be surprised at given that the site is visited and maintained regularly)…I would expect this value to be confirmed in due course. 

Hope this is useful. 

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Fascinating John NI - thanks!

That was a truly remarkable day.

I am about half a mile from the sea here in Bangor and recorded my highest temperature ever today at 28.6C - so unusual for this location.

The sea breeze kicked in at 3.30pm and sent the temp right back to 21 degrees by 4.30pm.

Amazing to think that the highest temperature ever recorded here in Northern Ireland was just a few miles away!

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27.1C here today and 27.7C yesterday which was the hottest day recorded since 17th July 2006. What do those two days have in common? I wasn't here  Was at Balmedie beach today and never seen it so busy - car parks were full.

2021 has been dire at times (January, May, early July) but the long overdue snowfall and long overdue high summer temperatures will make sure it rates more highly than most of the rock bottom bland nothingness of the past decade.

First time I have recorded two consecutive days reaching 27C. Very rare and exceptional but it seems impossible now to hit 28C. Another year without attaining that threshold will equal the record of 16 consecutive years from 1959-1974.

22nd July 2018 should have smashed it but for the ludicrous overcast that hung around all afternoon like a bad smell. Never known anything like it and fortunately the same problem did not occur today but airmass was obviously not as warm.

Surprised the Northern Ireland record is so paltry given that it's reached 32C before in NE Scotland and one of those occasions was in September!

 

Probably the most upbeat positive post I've read of yours's  But i do agree that the N.I record is somewhat lame.. i guess there are worse places to live than Aberdeen after all. 

Thanks John, interesting read .

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Fascinating John NI - thanks!

That was a truly remarkable day.

I am about half a mile from the sea here in Bangor and recorded my highest temperature ever today at 28.6C - so unusual for this location.

The sea breeze kicked in at 3.30pm and sent the temp right back to 21 degrees by 4.30pm.

Amazing to think that the highest temperature ever recorded here in Northern Ireland was just a few miles away!

In the last 3 days I have been to 4 of the 6 NI counties* on my travels and it felt like a real holiday with the very warm sunshine. It was certainly very warm waiting for the boat back to Scotland this lunchtime

*No Armagh visit sorry John. And yes thanks for the interesting read. I remember the day the previous record was set/equalled back in 1983 as I got an ice lolly and it was so warm it slid off the stick - I was not happy. 

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Fascinating John NI - thanks!

That was a truly remarkable day.

I am about half a mile from the sea here in Bangor and recorded my highest temperature ever today at 28.6C - so unusual for this location.

The sea breeze kicked in at 3.30pm and sent the temp right back to 21 degrees by 4.30pm.

Amazing to think that the highest temperature ever recorded here in Northern Ireland was just a few miles away!

Very warm in the Republic today but nothing near record breaking. Typical July hot spell temps really. 

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Could you make up a more implausible place name? But it's genuine - and its equally implausibly named top attraction is Daft Eddie's coffee shop.

https://www.komoot.com/guide/1698887/attractions-around-ballywatticock  

I just love the Irish names and I love that they don’t take themselves too seriously!  Daft Eddie’s coffee shop sounds like my kind of place!   

About time Ireland got in on the act!  I wonder what today will bring?  Met Office have upgraded us again in my part of the world, to 32c for today!  

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Very warm in the Republic today but nothing near record breaking. Typical July hot spell temps really. 

We’ve had a few summer holidays around the Cork/Kerry area and have never been disappointed with the weather.  We were told it’s 50 shades of green because it rains every day but we’ve hardly ever had rain and that’s not the luck of the Irish, because I’m English.   

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Spare a thought for Lerwick - yesterday's max 13.1C

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Spare a thought for Lerwick - yesterday's max 13.1C

Hmm!  We’re visiting Lerwick in a couple of weeks.  Maybe we should pack ski wear!   

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We’ve had a few summer holidays around the Cork/Kerry area and have never been disappointed with the weather.  We were told it’s 50 shades of green because it rains every day but we’ve hardly ever had rain and that’s not the luck of the Irish, because I’m English.   

Despite the long running legend, it is hard enough to get rain here in Ireland in the summer. But when the rains do arrive, Cork & Kerry will more often than not do them big. 

But I have to say, I'm finding that new record temp in N.I a bit curious. We had the same airflow down here in 'the south' so an even longer sea track, very slightly higher sun etc, yet nowhere even broke 30c as far as I can tell. 

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