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Ally Pally Snowman
19 July 2022 16:00:43

 

 

Petrichor!

 

Met Office tweet: 29 stations have beaten the old record!

 

https://twitter.com/metoffice/status/1549421924052246534

 

Looks like 5 have beaten 40C too: Northolt, Heathrow, Kew Gardens, St James's Park, and Coningsby. No mention of Waddington there.

Originally Posted by: Rob K 

So many 39s and 40s somewhere will be 41c surely 

Bishop's Stortford 85m ASL.
Ulric
19 July 2022 16:02:40

We had a beautiful little hot shower Rob about half an hour ago when the temp had already dropped from 34 to 32 under growing cloud. I could smell the dust first- reminded me of W Africa at the end of the dry season it was so strong. There's a name for it- petra something. A few distant rumbles, now it's cleared & the sun is back but it's damp now- smells and feels like a horticultural greenhouse.

Originally Posted by: Bertwhistle 

Anticipating this kind of event later, I've just been up the ladder and turfed all the spiders out of the rain gauge.

Solar is only worth it if your roof has toenail fungus.
Girthmeister
19 July 2022 16:03:09
Light drizzle here.
Rob K
19 July 2022 16:04:08
Just noting down the maxima from that Met Office tweet, for posterity - most of the stations that have beaten the old record (23 of the 29 they mention)

Coningsby 40.3C

Heathrow 40.2C

St James's Park 40.2C

Kew Gardens 40.1C

Northolt 40.0C

Charlwood 39.9C

Gringley on the Hill 39.9C

Cambridge NIAB 39.9C

Wittering 39.9C

Nottingham Watnall 39.8C

Bramham 39.6C

Woburn 39.6C

Bedford 39.5C

Monks Wood 39.5C

Sheffield 39.4C

Sutton Bonington 39.4C

Wisley 39.3C

Marham 39.2C

Holbeach 39.1C

Writtle 39.1C

Santon Downham 39.0C

Wellesbourne 39.0C

Coleshill 38.8C

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

Jason H
19 July 2022 16:10:40

Maxed at 39.8° here. Can see the smoke from the fires on Dartford Heath. No surprises. Tinder  dry in this part of the world. Flew to Holland last week and the fields are yellow over the south east. Holland was verdant. This summer it looks like we're lining up more with those Spanish plumes than previous summers. 

I feel great! so maybe I might just

Search for a 9 to 5, if I strive

Then maybe I'll stay alive

Bexleyheath, Kent.

LeedsLad123
19 July 2022 16:10:50

Just noting down the maxima from that Met Office tweet, for posterity - most of the stations that have beaten the old record (23 of the 29 they mention)

Coningsby 40.3C
Heathrow 40.2C
St James's Park 40.2C
Kew Gardens 40.1C
Northolt 40.0C
Charlwood 39.9C
Gringley on the Hill 39.9C
Cambridge NIAB 39.9C
Wittering 39.9C
Nottingham Watnall 39.8C
Bramham 39.6C
Woburn 39.6C
Bedford 39.5C
Monks Wood 39.5C
Sheffield 39.4C
Sutton Bonington 39.4C
Wisley 39.3C
Marham 39.2C
Holbeach 39.1C
Writtle 39.1C
Santon Downham 39.0C
Wellesbourne 39.0C
Coleshill 38.8C

Originally Posted by: Rob K 

Astonoshing - such a wide area. 

Whitkirk, Leeds - 85m ASL.
Darren S
19 July 2022 16:11:01

 

Anticipating this kind of event later, I've just been up the ladder and turfed all the spiders out of the rain gauge.

Originally Posted by: Ulric 

It does seem like the radar suggests more than is actually reaching the ground - the low humidity causing it to evaporate.

Darren

Crowthorne, Berks (87m asl)

South Berks Winter Snow Depth Totals:

2023/24 0 cm; 2022/23 7 cm; 2021/22 1 cm; 2020/21 13 cm; 2019/20 0 cm; 2018/19 14 cm; 2017/18 23 cm; 2016/17 0 cm; 2015/16 0.5 cm; 2014/15 3.5 cm; 2013/14 0 cm; 2012/13 22 cm; 2011/12 7 cm; 2010/11 6 cm; 2009/10 51 cm

Zubzero
19 July 2022 16:11:42

If Cambridge Naib got to 39.9 there's a good chance botanical gardens will report higher tomorrow

Rob K
19 July 2022 16:12:21

 

It does seem like the radar suggests more than is actually reaching the ground - the low humidity causing it to evaporate.

Originally Posted by: Darren S 

Even the radar is looking fairly underwhelming as it heads east. Doubt if it will even dampen the sandpit that used to be a garden.

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

Hippydave
19 July 2022 16:12:22

 

Not far off, VP2 with FARS and I have 38.8 which is the highest all day.

Originally Posted by: warrenb 

Looking at the min/max bit on my weather station that shows 40.2c as the highest from around 16:30 - the temp has been wobbling around a fair bit today. Not sure if that's due to sensor going from shade to sun as a nearby tree moves or just the wind mixing the air up.

Currently back just under 38c so suspect I've had the highest temps now.

Home: Tunbridge Wells

Work: Tonbridge

NDunwell
19 July 2022 16:13:15

Just noting down the maxima from that Met Office tweet, for posterity - most of the stations that have beaten the old record (23 of the 29 they mention)

Coningsby 40.3C
Heathrow 40.2C
St James's Park 40.2C
Kew Gardens 40.1C
Northolt 40.0C
Charlwood 39.9C
Gringley on the Hill 39.9C
Cambridge NIAB 39.9C
Wittering 39.9C
Nottingham Watnall 39.8C
Bramham 39.6C
Woburn 39.6C
Bedford 39.5C
Monks Wood 39.5C
Sheffield 39.4C
Sutton Bonington 39.4C
Wisley 39.3C
Marham 39.2C
Holbeach 39.1C
Writtle 39.1C
Santon Downham 39.0C
Wellesbourne 39.0C
Coleshill 38.8C

Originally Posted by: Rob K 

So Quantum was fairly wrong about places away from the South East taking off this afternoon. I anticipated Lincolnshire would be the place to break record after Heathrow's initial setting.

Surely the only challengers now are Brogdale and Cambridge botanical Gardens, but we have to wait until tomorrow i expect

Nick

Ruislip (2 miles from the Northolt recording station)

marco 79
19 July 2022 16:15:09
Unofficial max here was 39.4c...meanwhile the fallout of this insane spell of weather has wrecked devastation on my local park with some serious wildfires

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/ 

Home : Mid Leicestershire ...135m ASL
Quantum
19 July 2022 16:15:10

Still no 5pm update yet for most parts?

Don't we have to wait a few hours before we can rule out 41C, in 2019 we only got confirmation of the record the next day in Cambridge.

 

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
19 July 2022 16:15:38
A late surge of 38s in Kent but I think overall we have probably peaked. Cambridge down below 38 now.

5pm (1600Z) update:

Humberside 40

WADDINGTON 39.5

CONINGSBY AUTOMATIC 39.4

NORMANBY HALL AUTOMA 39.4

SCAMPTON 39.4

CRANWELL AUTOMATIC W 39.2

WITTERING 39.1

MONKS WOOD AUTOMATIC 39.0

Doncaster Sheffi 39

GRINGLEY ON THE HILL 38.9

EAST MALLING 38.3

LONDON ST JAMESS PAR 38.0

Stansted 38

BEDFORD AUTOMATIC WE 38.0

HOLBEACH NO 2 AUTOMA 38.0

London City 38

Cambridge 38

CAMBRIDGE NIAB AUTOM 37.9

MARHAM 37.7

GOUDHURST AUTOMATIC 37.6

41C may have to wait until next time.

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

Andy J
19 July 2022 16:15:55
38C and still rising. Never experienced this kind of hot gusty wind before. Still the unusually low humidity. Remarkable.
Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.
LeedsLad123
19 July 2022 16:16:17

 

So Quantum was fairly wrong about places away from the South East taking off this afternoon. I anticipated Lincolnshire would be the place to break record after Heathrow's initial setting.

Surely the only challengers now are Brogdale and Cambridge botanical Gardens, but we have to wait until tomorrow i expect

Originally Posted by: NDunwell 

A lot of those stations are well away from the SE, including the new record holder.

Temperatures have peaked in Cambridge as far as I can tell so I don’t see any challenge there. 

Whitkirk, Leeds - 85m ASL.
Ally Pally Snowman
19 July 2022 16:19:27

If the high is 'only' 40.3c then Cambridge BG definitely has chance 

Bishop's Stortford 85m ASL.
Gavin D
19 July 2022 16:19:36
34.8c in Charterhall has made it Scotland's hottest day on record
TimS
  • TimS
  • Advanced Member
19 July 2022 16:20:22

Still hovering at 38.9C in Pett Bottom after a max of 39.2C. Must be that late afternoon tongue of high uppers that was modelled for the far East of Kent. DP now 11.7C so RH is 19.7% and got to 19.0% earlier, its lowest ever.

Brockley, South East London 30m asl
Ally Pally Snowman
19 July 2022 16:20:36

 

A lot of those stations are well away from the SE, including the new record holder.

Temperatures have peaked in Cambridge as far as I can tell so I don’t see any challenge there. 

Originally Posted by: LeedsLad123 

Yes it's a remarkably even spread over a huge area. 

Bishop's Stortford 85m ASL.
Rob K
19 July 2022 16:20:44
34.8C Charterhall provisional new Scottish record.
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

idj20
19 July 2022 16:21:54

Tell you something though, it's been this hot that it has been spookily quiet all day here at the harbour area. No loud banging exhausts, no random shouting, it's like living in a ghost town.

Still hanging on at 33.6 C in full sunshine. 

Home location: Folkestone Harbour.
Downpour
19 July 2022 16:22:45
Are there two official UKMO stations in Cambridge?
Chingford

London E4

147ft

NDunwell
19 July 2022 16:23:28

 

A lot of those stations are well away from the SE, including the new record holder.

Temperatures have peaked in Cambridge as far as I can tell.

Originally Posted by: LeedsLad123 

 

A lot? Erm 4 of the top 5 are London.

Lincolnshire did well but i more suggesting south Yorks which Quantum was keen on. More a south event for me when there was a lot of debate that the usual hotspots were going to miss out or not be the ones to watch today.

Nick

Ruislip (2 miles from the Northolt recording station)

TimS
  • TimS
  • Advanced Member
19 July 2022 16:23:46

34.8c in Charterhall has made it Scotland's hottest day on record

Originally Posted by: Gavin D 

Excellent! So that's all time records for:

  • Wales

  • Scotland

  • England

  • UK

  • overnight low

  • 850hPa temp

  • Many many cities and towns

Brockley, South East London 30m asl

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