What have left me feeling rather astonished though, is the fact that it's actually hotter even here, than in those parts of SE England which would typically be seeing those highest temperature especially given that even a few locations in Scotland are managing to record a 30+°C maximum today which is something which even Jerry in the south of Edinburgh might even end up reporting today as the temperature at his local weather station at Swanston has now reached 29.1°C as I write.

We do tend to get some high temperatures here.  In July 2022, we got over 40c. The places with the highest official temps were local to us.  We’re not far from Gringley on the Hill and Conningsby. 

Strange day, odd spot of rain and overcast but 25c

A similar situation occurred a few years ago. I think it was referred to recently but I don't have the dates and details to hand. I'm sure when we had record high 850hPa temperatures over England, we had a north easterly breeze that ensured surface temperatures were cooler than the 850s in eastern parts. 

My French PWS just hit 40.3C. Hottest I've recorded, beating yesterday's 39.6C.

I wondered if it was over-reading as it's much hotter than nearby Macon (currently "only" 38C) but I think it's Kosher because Saint Yan airfield, a similar distance to the West, is reading 40C, as is Nevers and it gets hotter Westwards until the pre-frontal shower line over the Auvergne. So I think we are getting a bit of classic warm conveyor action.

Well Swanston in south Edinburgh has reached 31.1 C which could be an all time record if confirmed 🥵

Charterhall in The Borders has also reached 31 C

Strathallan to the NW has reached 29 C so I suspect by the end of the day Gogarbank might be approaching 30 C

That is unlikely as the temperature at Gogarbank hasn't risen any further since my last report and there is clearly a local sea breeze from the ENE which has actually kept the temperature at the botanic gardens pegged back to around 23°C.

Today could still be the hottest day of the year so far at Gogarbank, but we will now need to wait for the 18z raw BUFR/SYNOP data to tell us whether that has been the case or not (even if it isn't, this has still been our hottest day of this month so far and our second hottest day of the year so far).

Almost got there again yesterday, and after a warm night (19.7c min) it looked like today would be the day.

However after rising to just over 28C at noon it dropped back and never recovered.

Highest temp nationwide confirmed as 33.2C at Bramham 😎

I can confirm it was bloody hot today!

A local station recorded 32.8c. 

However, we only need tomorrow's maximum temperature to reach or exceed 25°C for an official heatwave to be recorded there and as I write, the latest Met Office forecasts are still going for that even though tomorrow is being forecast to be not quite as hot here as the last couple of days.

Think 30c will be a struggle today lots of cloud around. 

cleared here now. perhaps central london or heathrow heat island

Swanston has reached 24.5 C at 15:15

Another 0.5 C and we have our first official heatwave of the year 🤞🤞🤞

I see that certain parts of the UK are still hot. Today Leuchars near Dundee was 28.8C at 15:00 . Down here it feels like the summer heat is starting to fizzle out. The last couple of days have been much cloudier and in the "warm/very warm" category. Tomorrow is forecast to hit 28C but I'm not confident about that really. Beyond that it's looking more like average for the time of year (slightly above to start with and then slightly below later next week). 

Of course, there is every chance that we'll get more heat some time late in the month or in September, and I notice that GFS is still bullish about temperatures in the high 20s for a while longer. As ever, time will tell. 

Gogarbank is even closer to that threshold with the temperature currently at 24.8°C and even if that temperature doesn't actually rise any higher there, we could still have an official heatwave at Gogarbank anyway depending on what the 18z raw SYNOP/|BUFR data has to say about today's actual maximum temperature.

With the change of wind direction which has resulted in the wind no longer coming in from off the North Sea today, the botanic gardens in Edinburgh are actually warmer today than of late with a current temperature of 26.2°C so if only that temperature was swapped with the current temperature at Gogarbank, we would already have had that official heatwave in the bag by now.

24.0c here today so certainly a good deal cooler than yesterdays 33c. Lots of cloud around, humid feeling but that has cleared recently and sunny spells now with the temperature climbing. 

As I write, the temperature at Edinburgh Gogarbank is now up to 25.1°C which now officially confirms that the first official heatwave of the year has now been recorded there, so there is no longer any need to wait for the 18z data to confirm that.

This heatwave is forecast to end tomorrow as tomorrow's maximum temperature according to the Met Office is currently predicted to be no higher than around 23°C but even with that, we would only need tomorrow to be a bit warmer than expected for this heatwave to then extend into a fourth day and given what this year has been like, I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if that ended up happening.

Quite a few 28s nudging 29c but don't think we'll quite get to 30c. 

The high is 28.8 here as a result - I expect Brogdale will do well today!

This heatwave will be remembered for many wrong stuff happened, cloud, rain, temps failed to go high on places that was supposed to get and some places went near cold temps in the far south despite highest 850's over there.

29.3c the high yesterday in Northolt,  that's the 6th or 7th 29c max we've had this year.