We should go over 36c somewhere today

Waiting.

Well, gently squashed by 0.1C...

I agree- the London area shouldn't- and was absolutely un-forecasted- to be the hottest place. This is due primarily to the wind direction. The Beeb and MetO predicted that the most southerly places would be the hottest- and Thorney Island, Hurn and Gosport all seem sensible. 

I hope other local stations are taken into account so Torro has to put a * by this dubious record, if it becomes one.

Needs a bit of MetO honesty though.

Hopefully not even the most rabid GB Newser can complain about UHI effects there! There seem to be about half a dozen houses.

Yes lol,  I went to school nearby it's barely a hamlet. 

I began to get some earlier this afternoon  with slight giddiness as one example. So to catch it early on, I had a lie down with a wet cloth on my head, and ice packs which prevented it from going any further. The high humidity makes it worse, so I hope that others and I'm sure there will be some people experiencing it today, take preventative measures like mine. If it reaches a certain point, it's hard to get out of. And that's dangerous.

From the NHS:

Heat exhaustion does not usually need emergency medical help if you can cool down within 30 minutes. If it turns into heatstroke, it needs to be treated as an emergency.

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/heat-exhaustion-heatstroke/ 

Seriously, I'm not surprised. It's the closest official site to here and I can't remember ever feeling so hot when working from home (well not since our Jiries style conservatory was replaced with a proper extension a few years ago anyway)

Nudging back up again here, 33.8 at Blackbushe, 36.2 in Fleet. Lots of local PWSs now 36 degrees.

The MetO are playing catchup! And of course, the army of naysayers are right there. Just a minute or two later...

"Is this a genuine reading or from one of your dodgy weather stations?"

There's just no hope, is there?

Great that you put this in Nick and I would ask posters/ readers to take note of it.

I've heard some people say that it's so humid there's no point in moisture for cooling, which isn't right of course. It might limit evaporative cooling but heat can still be conducted away from the body by cool liquid and, as you say, ice packs.

I went to the N coast of the IOW today to benefit from the light northerly breeze. It was still roasting and I pitied these guys swinging breeze blocks over in a construction site. My Dad was a builder and the first thing they did after clocking off was hit the pub. Not the best plan.

Toby Young is to blame for this particular trope - he put out a daft story on his "Daily Sceptic" site claiming that the Met Office was inventing readings from made-up or non-existent weather stations, because he (or his "environment correspondent") doesn't understand the concept of interpolation.

I've never heard of him, but it makes sense - for decades people have preferred to take advice from the man in the pub rather than their doctor, etc!

On a completely different subject, have a look at the radar: it's showing widespread light rain across the south, including near here. The skies are clear - flying ants, perhaps?

Exactly what it is, saw the solider ants this morning and knew what was coming. Swarms of ants everywhere at the moment

I saw that - it was the same last night.