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OK I think this is the final list of all the (non-manual) stations that matched or broke the old record. I make it 42.Coningsby 40.3CWaddington 40.3CHeathrow 40.2CSt James's Park 40.2CGringley on the Hill 40.1CKew Gardens 40.1CCranwell 40.0CNortholt 40.0CCambridge NIAB 39.9CCharlwood 39.9CCranwell 39.9CScampton 39.9CWittering 39.9CBramham 39.8CMonks Wood 39.8CNottingham WC 39.8CBattersea Heliport 39.6CTeddington Bushy Park 39.6CTopcliffe 39.6CWoburn 39.6CBedford 39.5CNormanby Hall 39.5CSheffield 39.4CSutton Bonington 39.4CWisley 39.3CChertsey Abbey Mead 39.2CMarham 39.2CHolbeach 39.1CRyhill 39.1CWrittle 39.1CMildenhall 39.0C (h)Santon Downham 39.0CHigh Beach 38.9CWellesbourne 38.9CColeshill 38.8CIver Waterworks 38.8CLeeming 38.8CBenson 38.7CChurch Lawford 38.7CCoventry 38.7CHoughton Hall 38.7CStowe 38.7CThere are also two airports that recorded 40C METARs (the 39C METARs could have been below 38.7)Humberside 40C (r)Doncaster 40C (r)
OK I think this is the final list of all the (non-manual) stations that matched or broke the old record. I make it 42.Coningsby 40.3CWaddington 40.3CHeathrow 40.2CSt James's Park 40.2CGringley on the Hill 40.1CKew Gardens 40.1CCranwell 40.0CNortholt 40.0CCambridge NIAB 39.9CCharlwood 39.9CCranwell 39.9CScampton 39.9CWittering 39.9CBramham 39.8CMonks Wood 39.8CNottingham WC 39.8CBattersea Heliport 39.6CTeddington Bushy Park 39.6CTopcliffe 39.6CWoburn 39.6CBedford 39.5CNormanby Hall 39.5CSheffield 39.4CSutton Bonington 39.4CWisley 39.3CChertsey Abbey Mead 39.2CMarham 39.2CHolbeach 39.1CRyhill 39.1CWrittle 39.1CMildenhall 39.0C (h)Santon Downham 39.0CHigh Beach 38.9CWellesbourne 38.9CColeshill 38.8CIver Waterworks 38.8CLeeming 38.8CBenson 38.7CChurch Lawford 38.7CCoventry 38.7CHoughton Hall 38.7CStowe 38.7C
There are also two airports that recorded 40C METARs (the 39C METARs could have been below 38.7)Humberside 40C (r)Doncaster 40C (r)
Amazing that the CET max for today despite being a massive record will not reflect just how hot the day was as none of the stations listed there contribute to it
According to the Weather App, Sheffield is down to 30 C, but now feels quite oppressive.
https://weather.uwyo.edu/upperair/sounding.html22.6C at Herstmonceaux was the highest at 12z today, but the plume went a long way north! Nothing approaching 25C though.
https://weather.uwyo.edu/upperair/sounding.html
22.6C at Herstmonceaux was the highest at 12z today, but the plume went a long way north! Nothing approaching 25C though.
Thanks.
Is this an example of a Spanish plume?
They were still pretty hot and it will smash the CET record.
Rothamsted max was 38.5C
Pershore max was 37.0C
Stonyhurst max was 36.2C
That gives a mean max of 37.2C, which with the Hadley UHI adjustment should give 37.0C.
They were still pretty hot and it will smash the CET record.Rothamsted max was 38.5CPershore max was 37.0CStonyhurst max was 36.2C That gives a mean max of 37.2C, which with the Hadley UHI adjustment should give 37.0C.
Yeah, still expecting a mean around 28.5C which will take some beating even in a warming climate
Bramham at 39.8c is annoying, would have been great to have a 40c North of the M62. When driving from Bramham by the A1, the car thermometer always goes up a degree when you go down into the Vale of York, Tadcaster/York areas so a shame there is no station as 40c would almost certainly have been hit.
I drove onto a64 near York and my car temp was showing 41c. By the time I came past Bramham 20 mins later it was down to 36c.
We’ve been in Sheffield/Peak District the last couple of days and I can confirm it is/was unsettlingly hot.
Luckily we capitalised on some of Sheffield’s superb sheltered river valleys to escape the worst :-)
Rob thanks for compiling this; I imagine a lot of us had closing questions, so to speak. A useful reference.
Looks like Waddington has been discounted by the met office. Apparently the upkeep of the ground around the site to blame.
More info on their Twitter
Temperature rising back to 32.5c after falling to 31c!
The cool wind and the rain have just arrived!
Waddington has been overlooked by the Met Office for some reason despite tying for the lead!
Temperature holding up at about 26C which still feels warm and isn't providing much relief indoors. I was expecting a bigger breakdown. Looking forward to getting a bit of air in the house tomorrow
I wonder why? It isn’t far from Coningsby.