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Fargo
19 July 2022 19:55:10

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 :-)

 

West Oxfordshire 230m asl
Rob K
19 July 2022 19:55:41
Nice display of mammatus at the moment here. Not as impressive as the evening of 25 July 2019 though, that was apocalyptic.
Yateley, NE Hampshire, 73m asl

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Bertwhistle
19 July 2022 19:56:32

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 40.3C
Waddington 40.3C
Heathrow 40.2C
St James's Park 40.2C
Gringley on the Hill 40.1C
Kew Gardens 40.1C
Cranwell 40.0C
Northolt 40.0C
Cambridge NIAB 39.9C
Charlwood 39.9C
Cranwell 39.9C
Scampton 39.9C
Wittering 39.9C
Bramham 39.8C
Monks Wood 39.8C
Nottingham WC 39.8C
Battersea Heliport 39.6C
Teddington Bushy Park 39.6C
Topcliffe 39.6C
Woburn 39.6C
Bedford 39.5C
Normanby Hall 39.5C
Sheffield 39.4C
Sutton Bonington 39.4C
Wisley 39.3C
Chertsey Abbey Mead 39.2C
Marham 39.2C
Holbeach 39.1C
Ryhill 39.1C
Writtle 39.1C
Mildenhall 39.0C (h)
Santon Downham 39.0C
High Beach 38.9C
Wellesbourne 38.9C
Coleshill 38.8C
Iver Waterworks 38.8C
Leeming 38.8C
Benson 38.7C
Church Lawford 38.7C
Coventry 38.7C
Houghton Hall 38.7C
Stowe 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)

Originally Posted by: Rob K 

Rob thanks for compiling this; I imagine a lot of us had closing questions, so to speak. A useful reference.

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Ally Pally Snowman
19 July 2022 20:07:29

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 

Bishop's Stortford 85m ASL.
TimS
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19 July 2022 20:15:31
It remains hot and overcast. After such a breathtaking day the house is at 30C upstairs. Tonight will be more uncomfortable than last night I think.
Brockley, South East London 30m asl
Ulric
19 July 2022 20:39:12

The cool wind and the rain have just arrived!

 

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Caz
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19 July 2022 20:42:35

Waddington has been overlooked by the Met Office for some reason despite tying for the lead!

Originally Posted by: Rob K 

I wonder why?  It isn’t far from Coningsby. 

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andy-manc
19 July 2022 20:56:55

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

chelseagirl
19 July 2022 20:58:17

I wonder why?  It isn’t far from Coningsby. 

Originally Posted by: Caz 

. Didn’t cut the grass round it apparently. “ External factors in the surrounding ground upkeep” 

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idj20
19 July 2022 20:58:41

Can see lightning flickering away to my south west as a line of rain move slowly and painfully north east wards over the Channel. Still a hideously swampy 27 C & 57% H but a decent westerly breeze is in progress.

 

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TimS
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19 July 2022 21:13:27

. Didn’t cut the grass round it apparently. “ External factors in the surrounding ground upkeep” 

Originally Posted by: chelseagirl 

If they’d remembered to cut the bloody grass it might have reached 40.5C.

Brockley, South East London 30m asl
Andy J
19 July 2022 21:14:20

Still a hot 30C here at 10pm.    Despite the radar showing rain here, it's completely dry at the moment.

Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.
Brian Gaze
19 July 2022 21:18:29

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 

Originally Posted by: Ally Pally Snowman 

Imagine if it had been the only 40C report today. 

Brian Gaze

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Rob K
19 July 2022 21:34:47

 

Imagine if it had been the only 40C report today. 

Originally Posted by: Brian Gaze 

Then I think they would have overlooked the grass. 

Yateley, NE Hampshire, 73m asl

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JHutch
19 July 2022 21:39:54

Yep, raging fires in the news because of the dry conditions, lets send up some Chinese lanterns.

 

fairweather
19 July 2022 21:44:45

It just won't cool down tonight. 27.8C outside at 22.40 hrs !!

S.Essex, 42m ASL
Rob K
19 July 2022 21:45:46
I have to say considering we got to 40.2C before 1pm, ending up with 40.3C was a bit of a surprise.
Yateley, NE Hampshire, 73m asl

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fairweather
19 July 2022 21:48:37

Still a hot 30C here at 10pm.    Despite the radar showing rain here, it's completely dry at the moment.

Originally Posted by: Andy J 

Same here - bright echoes directly over on radar but clearly not making it till ground level.

S.Essex, 42m ASL
Charmhills
19 July 2022 21:51:42

31c and nearly 11pm!!!

Loughborough, EM.

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LeedsLad123
19 July 2022 21:56:03

I have to say considering we got to 40.2C before 1pm, ending up with 40.3C was a bit of a surprise.

Originally Posted by: Rob K 

I noticed many stations began levelling off at some point. I’d be looking at stations where it’s sunny with only a light breeze and the temperature would begin jumping up and down for no reason - say from 39.5C, down to 39.1C, then up to 39.4C, rinse and repeat for half an hour. 

Whitkirk, Leeds - 85m ASL.
Brian Gaze
19 July 2022 21:57:56

22.8C here so about 17C cooler than it was 7 hours ago.

Brian Gaze

Berkhamsted

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Charmhills
19 July 2022 21:58:01

Yep, raging fires in the news because of the dry conditions, lets send up some Chinese lanterns.

 

Originally Posted by: JHutch 

 

FFS!!

Loughborough, EM.

Knowledge is power, ignorance is weakness.

Duane.

Rob K
19 July 2022 21:59:11

 

I noticed many stations began levelling off at some point. I’d be looking at stations where it’s sunny with only a light breeze and the temperature would begin jumping up and down for no reason - say from 39.5C, down to 39.1C, then up to 39.4C, rinse and repeat for half an hour. 

Originally Posted by: LeedsLad123 

As the Met explained in a tweet there’s only a certain amount of heat in the air even when fully mixed. 

Yateley, NE Hampshire, 73m asl

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TimS
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19 July 2022 22:00:35
Just stepping back and reflecting for one moment.

40C is one of those things that you wonder might happen, but assume probably won’t. That it has happened now in 2022 is quite incredible.

I can’t think of any weather event or threshold in my adult life as important as this one: not the snow of 2010, or the record and 100F in 2003, or any storms, floods or droughts in the last 25 years, and we’ve had a fair few. This is so much further beyond the normal range than anything else I’ve experienced.

40C. 40C!

Brockley, South East London 30m asl
White Meadows
19 July 2022 22:02:08

Just stepping back and reflecting for one moment.

40C is one of those things that you wonder might happen, but assume probably won’t. That it has happened now in 2022 is quite incredible.

I can’t think of any weather event or threshold in my adult life as important as this one: not the snow of 2010, or the record and 100F in 2003, or any storms, floods or droughts in the last 25 years, and we’ve had a fair few. This is so much further beyond the normal range than anything else I’ve experienced.

40C. 40C!

Originally Posted by: TimS 

Amen. 

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