I reckon it's more spectacular than 2022 as it's surpassed the previous record by nearly two and a half degrees (2022s 40+ was less than 2 degrees) and it's been so widespread.

It is. Even I haven't taken it seriously enough 😮

It's back.

Is there any other decent sites that offer up to date temperatures?? Other than netweather they are few and far between 

Ogimet does, but you need to know how to read SYNOPs (they have a block of text that says something like 10344, 10 means positive temperature and 344 means 34.4).

I find this one handy, but as with the Irish network, I'm not sure includes all of the reporting UK ones. (just hover over each temp reading for more details) 

https://www.meteociel.fr/observations-meteo/temperatures.php?region=uk 

The heatwave may have peaked but its certainly not over. Next 4 days on Arpege 33c , 34c , 31c, 32c

However now, a cooling east wind has arrived , clear blue skies again and down to 20.9c, very pleasant and about 8c cooler than this time yesterday!  The windows are open and the house cooling. 

Cooling down a bit quicker this evening due to cloud cover but no rain looking likely, all way too far north (as mentioned elsewhere) near Notts.

Lovely 👌

OT for this thread but relevant. This week overall has upgraded in terms of temps. My guess, is that ant changeable weather will actually be short lived 4-5 days. Even then currently early next week it will be 23C!

Definitely a greater than average chance of another potent plume in the next few weeks. Models hinting already. 

Please, god, no.

Blissful.

Camborne in Cornwall for example got to 30.1c, 5c more than its previous May record, 2c more than its June record and just 0.3c of its all time record. 

Wouldn't want to be 'going up Camborne hill, coming down' today!

Not only that but I believe (I'd have to check back through the records to be certain) that today was in the top 5 hottest temperatures ever recorded in Cardiff. 

Edit - I just checked and it is and more so 32.9c is just outside the top 10 highest temps ever recorded anywhere in Wales. Quite extraordinary for May.

If that verifies it will give 8 consecutive days of 30c in a row something that has only happened on 5 occasions before (according to the fantastic Trevor Harley site).

 Interestingly one of those occasions was 1947 - that August had 14 days in a row as well as 6 in a row from the end of May to early June. What a hell of a year that was weatherwise with the heavy winter snow and extreme flooding too!

The locals must been frazzled. I remember a few years ago being down in Devon when it was 30c up here and about 26c there and they all were saying it's boiling. We had a little laugh and then realised how lucky they are... 

I read that one. 🙂🙂🙂