I wouldn't be surprised to see some more of those mega runs over the coming days, but even though we're now approaching the hottest part of the year, statistically speaking, a couple of things will make it a little bit harder for it to actually happen in the real world:
* We're now a month past the solstice and the sun's losing 0.4 degrees of altitude every 2 days - bear in mind from the 9th June to the 2nd July it only varies by 0.4 degrees.
* There's been some quite widespread rain and more to come, meaning more moisture to temper the heat. We need dry soils for the really high temperatures to appear. (It's no coincidence that when we broke 35C the other week everything was dusty-dry).
Neither of those things rule it out, of course, but as I say - it makes it a bit harder for it to occur.
Originally Posted by: Retron