Yes for all the talk about 1976 being an endless summer, most of the 30C days came in that one block of 18. There were 2 in early June (8-9), one on July 12 and then three in late August (24-26). However between June 6 and August 27 there were only 11 days that failed to reach 25C

1976 was, by today's standards, pleasantly cool down here. Take July at Manston as an example:

https://www.tutiempo.net/clima/07-1976/ws-37970.html 

Mean max 23, mean min just 14.5! And there were days in the teens, one solitary 18 overnight and plenty of 11s and 12s. It maxed out at 29.0 that month.

Meanwhile this past week it's already reached 30 twice (Monday and Tuesday), peaked at 31.4 and had an absolute low of 14.2. 

Try and tell people that though and you just get shot down instantly!

Good to see some 28s in Scotland aswell 

Astwood Bank in Worcestershire has hit 33.1 - not a regular hot spot.

My local PWS touched 34C half an hour ago and it feels nearly as hot as the June spell here now.

In a single day we have joined the party! After a really dull and almost autumnal week, the cloud cleared this morning and with just light winds the temperature has shot up; 28.7 at the latest in my rather sheltered garden, but probably no more than 0.5C above the official Met Office station just 2 miles away. Max temps here so far in July, 19, 19, 23, 23, 19, 20, 20, 29!

Very widespread warmth today, but no real standout temperatures. The appearance of Worcestershire on the leaderboard reinforces the June 1995 vibes further. 

1995 is defiantly the analogue year around here for the outlook. A legendary summer for Cumberland and the lakes. 

BTW Liam Dutton tweeted to confirm 33.8C at Wisley the max today. So just 0.3C short of the 1941 date record. Tomorrow's looks certain to go, it's a mere 32.7C.

Yesterday's Met Office regional text forecast for Grampian region was going for a max of 23C today, when even the raw data for Aboyne was giving 26C. Really poor for a human generated forecast from an official source - seems to be given to the most junior forecaster to write and not checked as there are often typos. 

EDIT: I can’t count. I missed out Monday. It’s now 13.8, not 9.5

It looks like tomorrow may reach 25 C + but then Friday will see an easterly drift and by Saturday the haar will extend it's evil influence into the city, wiping out the heatwave chance once more!

At least there will be cooler conditions after today as the winds pick up from the ENE/NE, but the humidity remains. It'll take a good day or two to fully cool down our houses, I reckon!

Meanwhile this forecast caught my eye - the MetO raw for Exeter. It must be very unusual down there to get a solid week in the 30s, I'd have thought? 

https://weather.metoffice.gov.uk/forecast/gcj2x8gt4#?date=2026-07-09 

https://ukwct.org.uk/weather/exeter.jpg 

Maxima from today: 35, 36, 34, 33, 33, 35, 35, 35, before a thundery looking breakdown next Friday (but still high 20s until the following Wednesday)

Today (July 9) 50 years ago was the last day of the record-breaking 18-day 1976 heatwave. After that, 1976 only recorded four more days above 30C for the rest of the year.

Though I believe the drought continued for the rest of summer, which became the big news story.

Yes it was still very warm and dry, most days reached the high 20s and August had a very long run of 25C+ days from August 6 to 27th, peaking in another three-day 30C+ heatwave.

76 drought broke on the August Bank Holiday. It started raining here on the Sunday afternoon i think.

I have no doubt that would be welcomed by the majority who have had enough of heatwave conditions in many areas of the South.

Also 20th 30c day, likely will have 25 30c days before half way through summer. 

Yep it was brilliant. I was 4 (and a half!) and have distinct memories.

The main ones surround our holiday in Devon. We had family friends living down there and we stayed with them that year. They had this big 1960's bungalow in the middle of a big wood near Budleigh Salterton. I remember all the gras being scorched (we still have photos). One day we went to a reservoir (later pinpointed it as Squabmoor) and the water was really low. Assumed that wasn't unnatural till we went again the following year and it looked very different!

When you're that age, everything seems to take forever and the days go really slowly (oh, how I miss that!!) but I still remember it being sunny and warm or hot for week after week after week.