Kent looking particularly toasty today, can we squeeze a 30c?

Dp. 17.8C

Slack winds 

Unbroken sunshine 

Certainly feels like summer 🌞 

29.7c Kew Gardens 

It'd be nice to reach 30c today especially as it could be the start of a week long run of 30c

Peaked at 28.6 here earlier, it's now hovering just below 27 with the odd puff of wind from the NE. The MetO raw shows a 7C drop (from 28 to 21) between 6 and 7 tonight as the wind picks up!

(And the crap music and yelling from next door - see the CC thread - has continued all afternoon...)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/articles/crmp8dlyz3ko 

Must be a while since that happened if at all ?

It's happened several times:

From the brilliant Trevor Harley's site:

https://www.trevorharley.com/hottest-day-of-each-year-from-1875.html 

1922 32.8 Camden Square 22 May

1944 32.8 Tunbridge Wells, Horsham, London (Camden Square and Regents Park) 29 May

1965 29.4 Camden Square London 14 May

(And what I wouldn't give to see a year like 1965 - can you imagine, not even getting to 30C?)

On the other hand perhaps the 2022 record will get beaten...

17 or 18 dewpoints *used* to only be seen in the moistest of Spanish plumes at the height of summer, late July to mid August. It's incredibly rare to see them this time of year, as the sea is still relatively cold (12-14C around the south and SE at the moment) and that *usually* has the effect of depressing air temperatures and causing coastal fog if very moist air arrives via the sea. This year it hasn't...

1962 was another year in which the highest temperatures of the year were well under 30C. 🙂🙂🙂

I was thinking about this as well. If we do get a 35c or 36c even if we do get a hot summer we might not get that high again. 

I hate to be the bearer of bad news but you did mention 2012 there and of course, most of us know very well just what went on to happen in that particular summer.

As a result, let's just keep our fingers crossed that the same thing doesn't happen again this summer.

Yes wasn't  a great summer. Hopefully this one doesn't follow. 

It'd be extraordinary if we beat the June record in May. 35.6c is the number to beat so it looks like we may be in with a shout. 

No correlation to worry about john. Although 1976 1989 and 1995 missed the 30, they weren't that far off.

At least we can put the annual question to bed very early this year. 😂😂

Frankly, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it does. A searing six month on and off (mostly on) spring, summer drought is a unpleasantness  I'd certainly like to dodge.

The hottest May was 1833 I believe. We can't challenge that because of the cold spell which almost occupied 10 days in the middle of the month. But what we're about to see this week and to the end of the month must be in itself the hottest May heatwave. All eyes are on tomorrow and Monday. Tuesday looks like being very hot as well.  🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂

Also happened in 1966, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1980, 1981 and 1993

2007 (30.1c) ad 2008 (30.2c) also of note.