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Ally Pally Snowman
23 May 2026 21:13:30
Apparently it's  the earliest the UK has hit 30c since 1952.
Bishop's Stortford 85m ASL.
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Heavy Weather 2013
24 May 2026 07:07:24

Apparently it's  the earliest the UK has hit 30c since 1952.

Originally Posted by: Ally Pally Snowman 

Crazy. What is the hottest BH Monday ever recorded?

Also, where is Rob K, he would be all over the hot spell.

Mark

Beckton, E London

Less than 500m from the end of London City Airport runway.

Ally Pally Snowman
24 May 2026 07:39:36

Crazy. What is the hottest BH Monday ever recorded?

Also, where is Rob K, he would be all over the hot spell.

Originally Posted by: Heavy Weather 2013 

33.3c set in late August 2019.

So a decent chance we beat it tmrw.

Bishop's Stortford 85m ASL.
saxtemp
24 May 2026 08:27:42
Starting from a slightly lower baseline this morning. Kew was 22.3 this time yesterday, only 21.7 so far.
Ally Pally Snowman
24 May 2026 11:15:20
28c already in Charlwood and Heathrow.  32c??? Possible today
Bishop's Stortford 85m ASL.
Crepuscular Ray
24 May 2026 11:44:53
The heat is still refusing to move north. 20 C in Edinburgh and most of Northern England, 21 C in the Vale of York, just like yesterday
Jerry

Edinburgh, in the frost hollow below Blackford Hill

Matty H
24 May 2026 11:49:15
25c here now. I reckon we might well touch 28c. Hotter tomorrow. Possibly 32c
Yate, Nr Bristol

TBFTEIARBSC

Bolty
24 May 2026 11:57:08
22°C here a bright blue skies. Looks like I've got a great week off work coming! 😎☀️
Scott

Blackrod, Lancashire (4 miles south of Chorley) at 156m asl.

My weather station 

johncs2016
24 May 2026 12:03:47

The heat is still refusing to move north. 20 C in Edinburgh and most of Northern England, 21 C in the Vale of York, just like yesterday

Originally Posted by: Crepuscular Ray 

I can confirm though, that the first 20+°C maximum of the year has now finally been recorded at Edinburgh Gogarbank at long last with the temperature having got up to 20.15°C there which also makes today our warmest day of the year so far.

For me, it's warm enough as it is here even without the heat and if was any warmer here, I would be absolutely sweltering here in my little flat in NW 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.

saxtemp
24 May 2026 12:21:50
Kew and Heathrow both over a degree from where they were this time yesterday. I'm feeling confident that over the next few days things will be on the upper end of the models.
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fairweather
24 May 2026 12:44:07
31.8C here yesterday. What was the max recorded officially?

 A degree or so cooler at the same time today.

S.Essex, 42m ASL
fairweather
24 May 2026 12:49:48

One of the more remarkable things over the past 15 or so years is the inexorable rise in dewpoints. I see Southend is reporting 18C, Manston 17C, as is Thorney Island. Further inland dewpoints are a fair bit lower. 

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...

Originally Posted by: Retron 

Yet DPs were close to zero just over a week ago. It is the biggest shift I can remember in actual temps as well. 0.3C minimum two weeks go taking out my potatoes, yesterday 31.6C !

S.Essex, 42m ASL
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scillydave
24 May 2026 12:49:52

31.8C here yesterday. What was the max recorded officially?

 A degree or so cooler at the same time today.

Originally Posted by: fairweather 

30.5c was the Max yesterday. 

Today's highest temps likely to be towards the South Coast though sparsity of stations in the right locations may mean we don't see the highest temps reflected in the official results.

Herstmonceux and Wiggonholt would be ones to watch along with Charlwood.

That said, Heathrow is 29.4c at 1pm and currently leading the pack.

I think we'll max out at 31.5c or thereabouts. 

Currently living at roughly 65m asl North of Cowbridge in the Vale of Glamorgan.

Formerly of, Birdlip, highest village in the Cotswolds and snow heaven in winter; Hawkinge in Kent - roof of the South downs and Isles of Scilly, paradise in the UK.

Roger Parsons
24 May 2026 13:15:32
Garden thermometer says 27.5C at 2pm. Very gentle breeze, scarcely moving the flag on the Green
RogerP

West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire

Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.

William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830

Ally Pally Snowman
24 May 2026 13:27:02
Teddington first official site to hit 30c
Bishop's Stortford 85m ASL.
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lanky
24 May 2026 13:34:13
Here at Kew 30.7 at 13:00
Martin

Richmond, Surrey

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bledur
24 May 2026 14:47:36

Apparently it's  the earliest the UK has hit 30c since 1952.

Originally Posted by: Ally Pally Snowman 

Eventful year 52 with the Lynmouth Flooding and the Great Smog.

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scillydave
24 May 2026 14:57:18
Heathrow up to 31.4c at 3pm with Charlwood now at 31.1c.

Scorchio!

Currently living at roughly 65m asl North of Cowbridge in the Vale of Glamorgan.

Formerly of, Birdlip, highest village in the Cotswolds and snow heaven in winter; Hawkinge in Kent - roof of the South downs and Isles of Scilly, paradise in the UK.

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doctormog
24 May 2026 15:00:32

Apparently it's  the earliest the UK has hit 30c since 1952.

Originally Posted by: Ally Pally Snowman 

Seemingly it reached 30.1°C in Hull on the 23rd of May 2010.

Aberdeen

Current conditions (personal WS) 

Ally Pally Snowman
24 May 2026 15:24:42

Seemingly it reached 30.1°C in Hull on the 23rd of May 2010.

Originally Posted by: doctormog 

Technically not earlier though 😀

Bishop's Stortford 85m ASL.
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doctormog
24 May 2026 15:35:30

Technically not earlier though 😀

Originally Posted by: Ally Pally Snowman 

Yes but neither is this year’s using the same metric. 😁

Aberdeen

Current conditions (personal WS) 

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fairweather
24 May 2026 16:20:05
3.5C cooler today with max of 27.9C. I suspect my 31.8C yesterday was accurate given my Stevenson Screen usually is and I am in the driest spot most likely in the whole Country.
S.Essex, 42m ASL
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scillydave
24 May 2026 16:37:53
Arpege 12z goes for full on meltdown.

36c the high tomorrow with Tuesday at 37c and widespread 35 - 36c across a large swathe of England. 

The temperature at midnight on Monday in Cambridge is still at 28c!

Overnight lows in some places holding up at 25c - that would threaten the all time record.

Quite extraordinary. 

Currently living at roughly 65m asl North of Cowbridge in the Vale of Glamorgan.

Formerly of, Birdlip, highest village in the Cotswolds and snow heaven in winter; Hawkinge in Kent - roof of the South downs and Isles of Scilly, paradise in the UK.

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Ally Pally Snowman
24 May 2026 16:48:55
Looks like 32.1c at Heathrow today's high. Hottest May day since 1947
Bishop's Stortford 85m ASL.
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Retron
24 May 2026 17:10:13

Looks like 32.1c at Heathrow today's high. Hottest May day since 1947

Originally Posted by: Ally Pally Snowman 

I still find it amazing how oblivious / nonchalant the general public are about it all - people don't seem to realise just how historic this current spell is, and will be. Even the local papers / radio stations etc are just going on about how "nice" it is / will be, nothing more. 

Even the MetO text forecast underplays the severity of the heat IMO, unchanged from this morning:

Monday:

A fine and dry day, with bright sunshine and light variable winds. Feeling hot, though temperatures could be a degree or two cooler along the coast in any sea breezes. Maximum temperature 34 °C.

Given that the MetO raw has 32 tomorrow and 34 on Tuesday in Leysdown (with an onshore breeze too) I wonder what they'll say tomorrow...

Mind you, we dodged the heat perfectly here today. The high was 21.8 and there's been a pleasant light sea breeze throughout. The MetO raw had 25 or 26 (varied through the day) and that was way off. No complaints here, a decent night's sleep beckons... unlike the next couple of nights!

Leysdown, north Kent
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