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warrenb
18 July 2022 17:19:38

 

How anybody could want the record to go is beyond me.

Originally Posted by: Justin W 

Agreed, horrible weather. Give 23c and a light breeze any day of the week.

Tonbridge 45m 
Zubzero
18 July 2022 17:21:37

May only have been the 3rd hottest day on record - but what IMO is more remarkable is how widespread 36c+ temps have been recording

(remembering that in the famous heatwave of '76 nowhere hit 36c)

Originally Posted by: Essan 

 

From my memory this is easily the hottest day for the UK With round 2 tomorrow. Unless there is a massive turn around for tomorrow this should be the hottest 48 hours in hundreds if not a 1000+ years in the UK. 

 

Heavy Weather 2013
18 July 2022 17:24:56
Ok, this is interesting.

iPhone temperature in Cambridge just rose to 39C. This usually means a report has it at 38.5 or above. That’s my experience anyways.

Mark

Beckton, E London

Less than 500m from the end of London City Airport runway.

Bolty
18 July 2022 17:26:11

34.3°C looks like it was the highest here. That's higher than anything I've seen, including when I lived in Manchester, IIRC.

Originally Posted by: Bolty 

Or not. Creeped up to 34.5°C after 18:00.

Scott

Blackrod, Lancashire (4 miles south of Chorley) at 156m asl.

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Caz
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18 July 2022 17:27:56

 

From my memory this is easily the hottest day for the UK With round 2 tomorrow. Unless there is a massive turn around for tomorrow this should be the hottest 48 hours in hundreds if not a 1000+ years in the UK. 

 

Originally Posted by: Zubzero 

I’m sure you’re right about the hottest 48 hours and it’ll be the widest spread.    But don’t you remember 25th July 2019?  

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Rob K
18 July 2022 17:29:06

6pm (1700Z) hourly update, FWIW...

Stansted 37C (r)
Lakenheath 36.8C
Brooms Barn 36.7C
Monks Wood 36.7C
Cambridge NIAB 36.6C
Santon Downham 36.5C
Astwood Bank 36.3C
Coleshill 36.2C
Coventry 36.1C
Houghton Hall 36.1C
Coton in the Elms 36.1C
Marham 36.1C
Norwich 36C (r)
Humberside AP 36C (r)
Doncaster Sheffield AP 36C (r)
Mildenhall 35.9C
Sheffield 35.9C


Cambridge airport stopped reporting at 1550Z.

Yateley, NE Hampshire, 73m asl

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four
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18 July 2022 17:31:24
I don't think there are any records covering hundreds or thousands of years to confirm it is 0.3C hotter or whatever.

People pay a small fortune for two weeks in spain in the high 30s, I have no idea why such a fuss is being made about a couple of hot but breezy days in mid-July - which feel a bit like 1976.

Only that went on for weeks.

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Rob K
18 July 2022 17:33:06

I don't think there are any records covering hundreds or thousands of years to confirm it is 0.3C hotter or whatever.
People pay a small fortune for two weeks in spain in the high 30s, I have no idea why such a fuss is being made about a couple of hot but breezy days in mid-July - which feel a bit like 1976.
Only that went on for weeks.

Originally Posted by: four 

Er... because this is a weather forum and the prospect of a new national temperature record is interesting? 

If you don't find it interesting then perhaps you are on the wrong page?

Yateley, NE Hampshire, 73m asl

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John p
18 July 2022 17:33:22

I don't think there are any records covering hundreds or thousands of years to confirm it is 0.3C hotter or whatever.
People pay a small fortune for two weeks in spain in the high 30s, I have no idea why such a fuss is being made about a couple of hot but breezy days in mid-July - which feel a bit like 1976.
Only that went on for weeks.

Originally Posted by: four 

Classic four. 

Camberley, Surrey
Heavy Weather 2013
18 July 2022 17:33:25

Cambridge airport stopped reporting at 1550Z.

Originally Posted by: Rob K 

Thats just typical.

Mark

Beckton, E London

Less than 500m from the end of London City Airport runway.

Rob K
18 July 2022 17:36:14
I'd be interested to see the soundings. If ARPEGE is right then the 850mb temps today were only about 22C. GFS was suggesting 24C until quite recently, so that may explain why we just missed the record.
Yateley, NE Hampshire, 73m asl

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Zubzero
18 July 2022 17:36:37

I’m sure you’re right about the hottest 48 hours and it’ll be the widest spread.    But don’t you remember 25th July 2019?  

Originally Posted by: Caz 

Yes and 2003, I was speaking about the UK in general 

Today seamed a bit hotter then 2019 though it was half a degree lower going by max values. But it's hard to compare days when it's so close.

Brian Gaze
18 July 2022 17:36:47

6pm (1700Z) hourly update, FWIW...

Stansted 37C (r)
Lakenheath 36.8C
Brooms Barn 36.7C
Monks Wood 36.7C
Cambridge NIAB 36.6C
Santon Downham 36.5C
Astwood Bank 36.3C
Coleshill 36.2C
Coventry 36.1C
Houghton Hall 36.1C
Coton in the Elms 36.1C
Marham 36.1C
Norwich 36C (r)
Humberside AP 36C (r)
Doncaster Sheffield AP 36C (r)
Mildenhall 35.9C
Sheffield 35.9C


Cambridge airport stopped reporting at 1550Z.

Originally Posted by: Rob K 

Why was that?  

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Quantum
18 July 2022 17:38:25

WRF2k called the maximum in roughly the right place and the right temp. so this is what it says about tommorow.

Normby hill, a little north of s[censored]horpe will probably take the record and it will be somewhere from 41.5C to 42.5C

 

 

Why is s c u n thorpe censored? I mean I know its not the prettiest town in the world, but I didn't realize it was so horrifying we can't actually speak its name!

25/26 (850hpa temp) 11 days snow/sleet falling

18/11 (-4) 19/11 (-6) 20/11 (-6) 01/01 (-7) 04/01 (-10) 10/01 (-7) 11/01 (-3) 30/01 (-1) 13/02 (-6) 15/02 (-4) 18/02 (-6)

24/25 10d

18/11 (-6) 19/11 (-6) 23/11 (-2) 22/12 (-5) 04/01 (-5) 05/01 (0)14/02 (0) 15/02 (0)12/03 (-6) 13/03 (-6)

23/24 8d

29/11 (-6) 30/11 (-6) 02/12 (-5) 03/12 (-5) 04/12 (-3) 16/01 (-3) 18/01 (-8)08/02 (-5)

22/23 7d

18/12 (-1)06/03 (-6) 08/03 (-8) 09/03 (-6) 10/03 (-8) 11/03 (-5) 14/03 (-6)

21/22 12d

Rob K
18 July 2022 17:39:08

 

Why was that?  

Originally Posted by: Brian Gaze 

No idea, just the METARs after that point were blank. 

 

METAR/SPECI from EGSC, Cambridge (United Kingdom).

SA18/07/2022 17:20->

METAR EGSC 181720Z NIL=

SA18/07/2022 16:50->

METAR EGSC 181650Z NIL=

SA18/07/2022 16:20->

METAR EGSC 181620Z NIL=

SA18/07/2022 15:50->

METAR EGSC 181550Z 21007KT 150V270 CAVOK 38/08 Q1016=

SA18/07/2022 15:20->

METAR EGSC 181520Z 22006KT 190V260 CAVOK 38/08 Q1017=

SA18/07/2022 14:50->

METAR EGSC 181450Z 21008KT 170V250 CAVOK 38/08 Q1017=

SA18/07/2022 14:20->

METAR EGSC 181420Z 22005KT 160V270 CAVOK 37/08 Q1017=

SA18/07/2022 13:50->

METAR EGSC 181350Z 21006KT 160V260 CAVOK 37/08 Q1017=

SA18/07/2022 13:20->

METAR EGSC 181320Z 24008KT 190V270 CAVOK 36/09 Q1018=

SA18/07/2022 12:50->

METAR EGSC 181250Z 23008KT 180V270 CAVOK 36/10 Q1018=

SA18/07/2022 12:20->

METAR EGSC 181220Z 23008KT 190V280 CAVOK 36/10 Q1018=

SA18/07/2022 11:50->

METAR EGSC 181150Z 22008KT 180V250 CAVOK 35/10 Q1018=

 

Insert conspiracy theory here!

Yateley, NE Hampshire, 73m asl

"But who wants to be foretold the weather? It is bad enough when it comes, without our having the misery of knowing about it beforehand." — Jerome K. Jerome

Zubzero
18 July 2022 17:41:36

 

No idea, just the METARs after that point were blank. 

 

METAR/SPECI from EGSC, Cambridge (United Kingdom).

SA18/07/2022 17:20->

METAR EGSC 181720Z NIL=

SA18/07/2022 16:50->

METAR EGSC 181650Z NIL=

SA18/07/2022 16:20->

METAR EGSC 181620Z NIL=

SA18/07/2022 15:50->

METAR EGSC 181550Z 21007KT 150V270 CAVOK 38/08 Q1016=

SA18/07/2022 15:20->

METAR EGSC 181520Z 22006KT 190V260 CAVOK 38/08 Q1017=

SA18/07/2022 14:50->

METAR EGSC 181450Z 21008KT 170V250 CAVOK 38/08 Q1017=

SA18/07/2022 14:20->

METAR EGSC 181420Z 22005KT 160V270 CAVOK 37/08 Q1017=

SA18/07/2022 13:50->

METAR EGSC 181350Z 21006KT 160V260 CAVOK 37/08 Q1017=

SA18/07/2022 13:20->

METAR EGSC 181320Z 24008KT 190V270 CAVOK 36/09 Q1018=

SA18/07/2022 12:50->

METAR EGSC 181250Z 23008KT 180V270 CAVOK 36/10 Q1018=

SA18/07/2022 12:20->

METAR EGSC 181220Z 23008KT 190V280 CAVOK 36/10 Q1018=

SA18/07/2022 11:50->

METAR EGSC 181150Z 22008KT 180V250 CAVOK 35/10 Q1018=

Originally Posted by: Rob K 

I think it starts reporting at 8:50am and stops at 4:50pm online anyway. Don't think it reports Weekends anymore too

bledur
18 July 2022 17:44:34

I don't think there are any records covering hundreds or thousands of years to confirm it is 0.3C hotter or whatever.
People pay a small fortune for two weeks in spain in the high 30s, I have no idea why such a fuss is being made about a couple of hot but breezy days in mid-July - which feel a bit like 1976.
Only that went on for weeks.

Originally Posted by: four 

 

 Very like 76 here with a fresh breeze blowing but not quite so hot

TimS
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18 July 2022 17:45:01

 

Classic four. 

Originally Posted by: John p 

Yes, because in 1976 it was in the mid to high 30s for weeks, of course. Not.

Funny they never talk about 1995 or 2018, the latter summer being exactly as warm across the UK as 1976 and the former having the hottest August and being the driest on record. 

Because “the olden days” finished in 1980.

Brockley, South East London 30m asl
The Beast from the East
18 July 2022 17:47:30

 

 

 

Why is s c u n thorpe censored? 

Originally Posted by: Quantum 

Its a sh"thole

 

Purley, Surrey, 70m ASL

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bledur
18 July 2022 17:48:04

May only have been the 3rd hottest day on record - but what IMO is more remarkable is how widespread 36c+ temps have been recording

(remembering that in the famous heatwave of '76 nowhere hit 36c)

Originally Posted by: Essan 

 Somewhat more than 2 days in a row over 30 though and that was pre–Global Warming

Rob K
18 July 2022 17:49:22

 

 Somewhat more than 2 days in a row over 30 though and that was pre–Global Warming

Originally Posted by: bledur 

I'm pretty sure global warming started well before 1976. I thought Yorkshire started the Industrial Revolution!

Yateley, NE Hampshire, 73m asl

"But who wants to be foretold the weather? It is bad enough when it comes, without our having the misery of knowing about it beforehand." — Jerome K. Jerome

Argyle77
18 July 2022 17:49:34
At least the humidity is low,it would be unbearable if it was in the 50s or more
Gavin D
18 July 2022 17:51:08
38.1c confirmed as today's high by the met office in Santon Downham
Gooner
18 July 2022 17:51:17

 

Yes, because in 1976 it was in the mid to high 30s for weeks, of course. Not.

Funny they never talk about 1995 or 2018, the latter summer being exactly as warm across the UK as 1976 and the former having the hottest August and being the driest on record. 

Because “the olden days” finished in 1980.

Originally Posted by: TimS 

I should imagine 1976 felt a lot worse ...........no air con in business's or homes or cars . I remember '76 and it felt horrendous

Remember anything after T120 is really Just For Fun



Marcus

Banbury

North Oxfordshire

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Retron
18 July 2022 17:51:42

I'd be interested to see the soundings. If ARPEGE is right then the 850mb temps today were only about 22C. GFS was suggesting 24C until quite recently, so that may explain why we just missed the record.

Originally Posted by: Rob K 

https://weather.uwyo.edu/cgi-bin/sounding?region=europe&TYPE=TEXT%3ALIST&YEAR=2022&MONTH=07&FROM=1812&TO=1812&STNM=03882

Herstmonceaux was 22.2 at 12z today.

Camborne had 24.4 at 12z.

https://weather.uwyo.edu/cgi-bin/sounding?region=europe&TYPE=TEXT%3ALIST&YEAR=2022&MONTH=07&FROM=1812&TO=1812&STNM=03808

(Nottingham, 20.6 and Aberporth 22.2)

https://weather.uwyo.edu/upperair/sounding.html

Very close to the all-time record today (24.8, IIRC).

Leysdown, north Kent

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