The Weather Outlook

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NMA
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04 August 2026 10:20:43

I used to organise regular local footpath walks, at that time in Kent, with a sketch map of the route. The map for that summer was titled 'Baked Fields and Pastures Brown'.

Originally Posted by: DEW 

A great title. At school we sometimes had 'Worms on Concrete'. Spaghetti Bolognese on toast. Dried like pastures brown.

Vale of the Great Dairies

South Dorset

Elevation 60m 197ft

Rob K
04 August 2026 10:45:44

1995 might just hang in there as the king of the heatwave years then.

That was an incredible summer, one I’ll never forget. 

Originally Posted by: White Meadows 

Today looks nailed on to reach 30C again (already some rounded 30s in the east) which would then equal the record. And I would be utterly astonished if we then failed to reach 30C again this year. I am fairly sure we will get to 40 days of 30C+ before the year is out.

I'll update my list from the Daily Weather Summaries once July and August are published (seems to be at the beginning of the month "n+2", as they have just released the June ones).

Yateley, NE Hampshire, 73m asl

"But who wants to be foretold the weather? It is bad enough when it comes, without our having the misery of knowing about it beforehand." — Jerome K. Jerome

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Bertwhistle
04 August 2026 11:22:38
Above 27°C here, unexpectedly (we should have had the cold front past us by now).

GFS 6z offering a week-long heatwave starting Saturday, with a 37°C peak in NW Kent.

Edit: GFS has finished - a one or two day cool off then a further heatwave sets up until the end of the run.

Just noting it- await the ENS for greater interest.

Bertie, Itchen Valley.

Retire while you can still press the 'retire now' button.

saxtemp
04 August 2026 11:22:44

Today looks nailed on to reach 30C again (already some rounded 30s in the east) which would then equal the record. And I would be utterly astonished if we then failed to reach 30C again this year. I am fairly sure we will get to 40 days of 30C+ before the year is out.

I'll update my list from the Daily Weather Summaries once July and August are published (seems to be at the beginning of the month "n+2", as they have just released the June ones).

Originally Posted by: Rob K 

30.5c at Heathrow

Ally Pally Snowman
04 August 2026 12:41:19

30.5c at Heathrow

Originally Posted by: saxtemp 

Yep we equal 1995 , 34th 30c.

Feels very humid here today.

Plenty of 31s 

Bishop's Stortford 85m ASL.
Rob K
04 August 2026 12:47:54
I've updated my spreadsheet with the values from the Met Office daily summaries for the whole year up to the end of June (actually a good use case for AI, feeding it the PDFs to extract the relevant values, saved a lot of time!)

Quite a few corrections where some high values on Starling's Roost have been discounted, and also several manual stations that were higher than what I had (Faversham/Brogdale has featured a few times, so it is still reporting).

I still only make it 19 32C+ days though (including yesterday), and 33 30C+ days (including today). So the Met must be counting an extra one of each, presumably from a manual station in July. All will become clear in a month's time I guess!

Yateley, NE Hampshire, 73m asl

"But who wants to be foretold the weather? It is bad enough when it comes, without our having the misery of knowing about it beforehand." — Jerome K. Jerome

White Meadows
04 August 2026 13:12:23

I think we should overtake 1995 soon. Heatwave 6 looks on track.

Originally Posted by: Ally Pally Snowman 

Heatwave 5 is mid August, no? So no.6 would need to come later on.

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