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DEW
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04 March 2026 17:32:33

16.9C at Herstmonceux so far. Could be close.

Originally Posted by: Rob K 

The date record for yesterday (Tue 3rd) was broken - 18.2C at Wiggonholt, West Sussex (previously 17.8C at Manston 1938)

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Bolty
04 March 2026 17:36:14
Another beautiful, cloudless early spring day here today. A high of 14.6°C after a low of 5.9°C.
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Retron
04 March 2026 18:01:21
An unusual day here - misty, becoming foggy by mid-afternoon, but with a gentle breeze throughout. It's uncommon to have mist/fog and a wind here, a taste of Aberdonian life, perhaps? (Or the Scillies, where I experienced similar in summer many years ago!)

8.4, dew 7.8, and the high was only 9.6: a surprising miss for the MetO raw and GFS, both of which had highs of 15C under full sunshine!

Leysdown, north Kent
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tierradelfuego
04 March 2026 19:06:14

An unusual day here - misty, becoming foggy by mid-afternoon, but with a gentle breeze throughout. It's uncommon to have mist/fog and a wind here, a taste of Aberdonian life, perhaps? (Or the Scillies, where I experienced similar in summer many years ago!)

8.4, dew 7.8, and the high was only 9.6: a surprising miss for the MetO raw and GFS, both of which had highs of 15C under full sunshine!

Originally Posted by: Retron 

I wonder how many miles inland that fog prevailed D? I remember days back in my Bournemouth uni days it would be sunny only 2 miles inland once you got up the hill from the beach, but foggy by the coast.

It took till 11am for the fog to clear here today but we finished up just above 15c in a very light easterly, a wonderful evening blackbird chorus till 6:30.

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picturesareme
05 March 2026 03:02:19
Under a clear Sky with calm winds its still 9C at 3am. Unusual for early March.
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05 March 2026 06:34:52
4.9C. Clear and calm. There was thick fog when I went to bed, all gone now. 
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South Dorset

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Roger Parsons
05 March 2026 07:15:59
Thick fog here at 7am. 
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West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire

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05 March 2026 07:43:42
8C clear blue sky

The Weald, which between N & S Downs, forms a frost hollow on a grand scale, reporting between 0 & 2C - maybe foggy there?

https://wow.metoffice.gov.uk/ 

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Retron
05 March 2026 16:44:59
A very sunny day, with the sky turning increasingly milky as the afternoon wore on. The warmest day of the year: 18.2 was the high and it's still 15.2, dew 10.4. 

It's amazing how used we are to the warmth these days, this would have been headline news in the 80s! 

Leysdown, north Kent
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05 March 2026 18:04:16
Louise Lear quoting 19C as the max temp in London today. Was this a rounded figure? It's interestingly close to the date record of 19.2 C (Huntly, Aberdeenshire, 1961).Worth keeping an eye on once all stations have reported.

Here the temperature started dropping from about 3pm (18C) to 6pm (13C) as the overcast developed. No spectacular sunset, alas!

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Retron
05 March 2026 18:07:10

Louise Lear quoting 19C as the max temp in London today. Was this a rounded figure? It's interestingly close to the date record of 19.2 C (Huntly, Aberdeenshire, 1961).Worth keeping an eye on once all stations have reported.

Here the temperature started dropping from about 3pm (18C) to 6pm (13C) as the overcast developed. No spectacular sunset, alas!

Originally Posted by: DEW 

Northolt was reporting 19 earlier, I'm not sure whether that was rounded up or down though!

Leysdown, north Kent
doctormog
05 March 2026 18:09:59

Northolt was reporting 19 earlier, I'm not sure whether that was rounded up or down though!

Originally Posted by: Retron 

I think it may have been rounded up from 18.8°C.

It was mild here earlier but now it is much cooler, grey , windy and damp at 5.6°C.

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Retron
05 March 2026 18:11:23

I think it may have been rounded up from 18.8°C.

It was mild here earlier but now it is much cooler, grey , windy and damp at 5.6°C.

Originally Posted by: doctormog 

Ah, it looks like in between the hourly readings it reached 19.2:

https://x.com/metoffice/status/2029600376308035857 

EDIT: And the usual dross replies, e.g. "Recorded not by a climate calibrated thermometer but by an airfield" - Stephen Richards

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idj20
05 March 2026 22:39:14
Been a fine and sunny day, albeit milky-looking in afternoon. Peaked at 15.3 C at 2.40 pm, 11.8 C currently. Went for a little walk along the sea front this morning and even got slightly sunburnt.
Home location: Folkestone Harbour.
NMA
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06 March 2026 06:45:19
Calm and cloudy 8.3C.
Vale of the Great Dairies

South Dorset

Elevation 60m 197ft

DEW
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06 March 2026 07:59:42
9.1C, earlier hazy sunshine being lost under increasing cloud from the south
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johncs2016
06 March 2026 09:22:56
A fairly cloudy start to this morning after some overnight rain which gave us our wettest day of this spring so far by quite a considerable amount.

Some brightness is coming through at times though. There was a ground frost overnight and there is a fairly decent covering of snow on the Pentland Hills to my south as I write.

Currently around 2°C here in Edinburgh.

The north of Edinburgh, usually always missing out on snow events which occur not just within the rest of Scotland or the UK, but also within the rest of Edinburgh.

noodle doodle
06 March 2026 12:11:35

A fairly cloudy start to this morning after some overnight rain which gave us our wettest day of this spring so far by quite a considerable amount.

Some brightness is coming through at times though. There was a ground frost overnight and there is a fairly decent covering of snow on the Pentland Hills to my south as I write.

Currently around 2°C here in Edinburgh.

Originally Posted by: johncs2016 

Yeah, even got some here in south edinburgh, though it quickly melted off the ground, so by the morning could only see it on the tops of cars / shed roofs etc - now gone completely here

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06 March 2026 17:08:00

Northolt was reporting 19 earlier, I'm not sure whether that was rounded up or down though!

Originally Posted by: Retron 

It's now in the official MetO figures as 19.2C, equalling the date record for March 5th (previous, Aberdeenshire 1961)

https://weather.metoffice.gov.uk/observations/weather-extremes 

https://www.torro.org.uk/extremes/date-records/max-temp 

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Chichester 12m asl

johncs2016
06 March 2026 18:46:36
Today ended up being a fairly nice day here in Edinburgh with a total of 6.7 hours of sunshine at Edinburgh Gogarbank but given that we are now into the start of spring and given how warm it had turned just recently, today wasn't all that warm for the time of year with the temperatures here in Edinburgh no higher than around 9°C, and there is still some snow on the top of the Pentland Hills as I write.

Currently around 4°C here in Edinburgh

The north of Edinburgh, usually always missing out on snow events which occur not just within the rest of Scotland or the UK, but also within the rest of Edinburgh.

idj20
06 March 2026 21:15:18
Dull. Damp in afternoon. 9.6 C from a peak of 13.5 C at 12 pm but at least winds has been virtually calm. A comedown on the recent Spring-like weather but that will be back soon.
Home location: Folkestone Harbour.
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07 March 2026 08:42:22
8.3C, cloudy, calm

EDIT - in contrast to JohnCS below in Scotland, minimum was only 7.6C

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johncs2016
07 March 2026 08:58:48
Last night was a cold one with an official air frost at all three of my local stations as the temperature at Edinburgh Gogarbank dropped to -1.8°C (where on Earth were these frosty mornings during the winter when we were actually looking for them!?⛅💨).⛅

However, that has brought us into a bright and sunny start to today with the temperatures already recovering very quickly.

Currently around 5°C here in Edinburgh.

The north of Edinburgh, usually always missing out on snow events which occur not just within the rest of Scotland or the UK, but also within the rest of Edinburgh.

NMA
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07 March 2026 09:15:19
8C. Hill fog and calm.
Vale of the Great Dairies

South Dorset

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tierradelfuego
07 March 2026 19:12:49

8C. Hill fog and calm.

Originally Posted by: NMA 

Not sure if that was your max NMA, but it certainly was here. The only saving grace was that it was calm or it would have felt filthy out there.

Bucklebury

West Berkshire Downs AONB

135m ASL

VP2 with daytime FARS

Rainfall collector separated at ground level

Anemometer separated above roof level

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