39.8° here at 13:40. Just wow!!!

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The hotzone:

Doncaster: 38C (r, 1:20pm)

Cranwell: 37.9C (1pm)

Coningsby: 37.3C (1pm)

Leconfield: 37.4C (1pm)

Humberside: 37C (r, 1pm)

Gringly: 36.8C (1pm)

Hull: 36.6C (1pm)

Bramham: 36.5C (1pm)

Waddington: 36.5C (1pm)

Normanby (what I thought would be the hottest): 36.4C (1pm)

 

Its no longer about the SE. It is time for Humberside to return.

Levelling up

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Looks like Brian has hit 40c

 

 

Gone! 40C recorded by my VP2 in #berkhamsted for the first time #Heatwave2022 #heatwave #heatwaveuk pic.twitter.com/CfTlWrtqz6

— TheWeatherOutlook (@TWOweather) July 19, 2022

 

True, but the ICON is not bad in this regard either. 

ICON is useless though when you want precip type for convective precip, since it does not advect moisture which means you never get winter showers inland on the ICON.

 

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Its no longer about the SE. It is time for Humberside to return.

 

 

Still rising in this bit of the SE, didn't think it would into the afternoon, but it is

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Carlisle and Redesdale camp, both close to the border, are showing 34C so surely the Scottish record will go today.

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The hotzone:

Doncaster: 38C (r, 1:20pm)

Cranwell: 37.9C (1pm)

Coningsby: 37.3C (1pm)

Leconfield: 37.4C (1pm)

Humberside: 37C (r, 1pm)

Gringly: 36.8C (1pm)

Hull: 36.6C (1pm)

Bramham: 36.5C (1pm)

Waddington: 36.5C (1pm)

Normanby (what I thought would be the hottest): 36.4C (1pm)

 

Its no longer about the SE. It is time for Humberside to return.

 

 

I'm really rooting for Doncaster, but those are just incredible temperatures all round. Almost scary. 

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wow, I just got to 40c at 1.40pm 

I never would have thought that would happen, double checked on a mercury thermometer and it's correct.

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I'm sorry if that's aimed at me then that is completely unnecessary. 

One event in isolation absolutely proves nothing. I have expanded as such in a later post.

We are all entitled to different belief and belittling someone for an opinion is ridiculous, even though I personally expressed no opinion on the matter. 

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Heathrow reported 40.2C nearly an hour ago now. Has that been exceeded anywhere yet.

 

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I'm sorry if that's aimed at me then that is completely unnecessary. 

One event in isolation absolutely proves nothing. I have expanded as such in a later post.

We are all entitled to different belief and belittling someone for an opinion is ridiculous, even though I personally expressed no opinion on the matter. 

You’d have a point if it was “one event in isolation”, but it’s not, it’s an overall trend.

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I’m worried about my rabbits, hope they can get through the next couple of hours.
They are in the shade, given them frozen 2l water bottles wrapped in wet towels (which they are ignoring), lots of fresh water, cold carrot slices etc.
They don’t look happy! Even tried spraying their fur with fine mist of cold water but that just makes them leg it - last thing I want is to over exert them.
Bringing them inside is not much of a choice either, hutch is too big for me to lift on my own, plus very hot inside anyway.
Any other pet owners concerned?

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1pm (1200Z) update:

HEATHROW 40.2
KEW GARDENS 39.5
NORTHOLT AUTOMATIC W 39.2
LONDON ST JAMESS PAR 39.1
Cambridge 39
TEDDINGTON BUSHY PAR 38.7
CHERTSEY, ABBEY MEAD 38.6
CHARLWOOD AUTOMATIC 38.6
WISLEY AUTOMATIC WEA 38.6
MONKS WOOD AUTOMATIC 38.5
SUTTON BONINGTON AUT 38.5
IVER W WKS AUTOMATIC 38.4
BEDFORD AUTOMATIC WE 38.3
CAMBRIDGE NIAB AUTOM 38.3
WRITTLE AUTOMATIC WE 38.1
Stansted 38
Kidlington 38
Lakenheath Raf 38

 

So at least 5 stations have broken the old record. Many more to come I think.

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In the office today and have just been for a walk around the terminal and car park area. Luton airport is now at 38C so this is the first time in this country that I have experienced 100F in old money. I was here for the 37C we got back in 2019 but today the wind is stronger and the heat drier. Feels like being in a desert.
The evapo-transpiration rate must be off the scale today by UK standards!

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You’d have a point if it was “one event in isolation”, but it’s not, it’s an overall trend.

 

In YOUR opinion. To which you are fully entitled.

I am merely commenting on this event as was the OP who I was responding to.

I stand by the fact that belittling people who post here with good intention is below the belt.

 

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It can't possibly be 23C in Ruislip surely?

That was posted at 12.03am 

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IMBY had a brief temp jump to 39.2c at circa 12:20, bounced around in the 38s for a while but dropped last little while and now wobbling around 36.9/37c.

Quite a strong breeze has developed - not sure if that helped with temps and dragged some hotter continental air up, or hindered by mixing it up too much.

I imagine you can knock a degree or two off those temps but even so pretty high. 

Looking forward to the first cold front moving through and cooling things down so they're merely uncomfortable

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In YOUR opinion. To which you are fully entitled.

I am merely commenting on this event as was the OP who I was responding to.

I stand by the fact that belittling people who post here with good intention is below the belt.

 

The trend is not my opinion.

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Wind has swung to the SE and the temp responded by rising to 36.2 (at Blackbushe). Hottest of this spell and may be the hottest I have ever seen at that station (would have to check).

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temperature been dropping quite quickly here, now at 23 after a high of 37 today. Had hoped we might get a record high minimum but we've already missed out on that and going to be a lower starting temp for tomorrows chase than i was expecting.

Has the heat got to you?  I'm reporting 40.3C 20 miles or so from you.  

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