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Umbrellas used as parasols seem to have become a 'thing' this year. Very reasonable, but I don't remember this nearly as much in previous heatwaves. Do your observations agree?
Originally Posted by: DEW
I haven't really noticed an increase. I think because parasols were largely gendered as feminine accessories, men have avoided them for sun protection. Have you noticed more men using them in England for sun protection this year? Umbrellas have no such gender distinctions when used as rain shields. Interesting.
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This week in this region, umbrellas have been used for their more conventional task.
More rain overnight here. Yesterday was mainly cloudy and I think maxed at 23c. Cloudy so far again today.
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Originally Posted by: Saint Snow
Yes, its like another world up there! the current mini heatwave shows how the climate in the South is so different to the rest of the country. We are an extension of continental Europe.
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Have you noticed more men using them in England for sun protection this year? Umbrellas have no such gender distinctions when used as rain shields. Interesting.
Originally Posted by: NMA
I have never seen a man using a parasol, not even abroad. I assume gay men would have no qualms about it, but it is considered a female thing in many cultures to keep their skin from getting too dark.
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For all that the hot weather is put on hold, it's still 24°C at 1030 this morning.
Originally Posted by: Bertwhistle
I think there's a fair chance we will get an official 30 again today. If we do that's 32 days, and then Sunday to Tuesday all hit 30 on the latest GFS so that would be the record done and dusted.
As a certain poster said in the May heatwave thread: "I wonder the odds are of not seeing 30 throughout the technical summer? Might be worth a bet" 🙂
Smoke from the Suffolk fire quite visible on the satellite at 0730 UTC: https://zoom.earth/maps/satellite/#view=51.85484,0.78143,8z/date=2026-07-30,07:30
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Originally Posted by: The Beast from the East
To be honest, it's not been that different for the rest of the summer. The SE generally a degree or two hotter most of the time, but we've still hit 30c here and the MetOffice maps for June show MBY it in the same max temp and sunshine bands as almost all the SE.
But this week has been very different.
Looks like a nasty fire in Suffolk
Originally Posted by: Ally Pally Snowman
That's pretty bad. Dunwich Heath on fire. In East Anglia most of us including myself have had zero rainfall this July. It takes nothing to start a scrub fire now. 🙁🙁🙁
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But is Frittenden on the ever growing Met Office naughty list?
These fires tend not to start on their own. The financial and social costs are carried by all of us. I wonder how the forensic fire investigators approach this area?
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28.7c at Frittenden, can we hit 30c today?
Frittenden is usually OK but something weird happened yesterday. It is close to the forecast hot spot on GFS so probably OK. 29.4C at Charlwood looks a bit dodgy though.
In fact it looks like Charlwood has reported an official 30?
Originally Posted by: Rob K
Yep 30.1c in Charlwood, quite a few 29s so think it seems reasonable.
32nd 30c day!
I’d be more comfortable if somewhere other than Charlwood could bag this one. It was very off looking yesterday.
Originally Posted by: TimS
30.7c now .
Don't think anywhere else has got to 30c.
Yes Charlwood looks 1.5C higher than anywhere else. Rain here now for the last couple of minutes and the petrichor smell is intense. Although as I type it seems to be stopping again!
Frittenden got to 29.0 at 3pm when Charlwood had fallen back to 27.4C
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Yes , think it's kosher as Met Office have seemingly done a thorough test of their sites.
The maxima have been (rounded) 28, 30, 28, 27(.4), 30, 35, 28. By far the warmest spell of the summer overall, even if it didn't beat the 35.8 of last month.