Heathrow 37.2C at 2pm

Has flatlined a bit in the last half hour.

 

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Another bank of cloud coming over again, Grrr

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Nottingham recoding 34.4c at 2pm. No update from Doncaster. 

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34c even this far north now.

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Clouded over now almost fully in Coulsdon

same here

 

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Spots of rain here in Epsom...cloud cover halting the progress of temps

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Back in line with model projections. 38C most likely now. 38.5C slipping away.

 

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Heathrow 37.2C at 2pm

Has flatlined a bit in the last half hour.

 

Yes, we need to nail this quickly now. Cloud banks are getting more frequent and there are popcorn showers around

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Ok, this is amazing now....

35.0C just reached at 2.10pm.   That has completely smashed my all-time recorded max of 34.0C on 3rd Aug, 1990.   Still time to go higher.  My records go right back to 1982.

 

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Yes, we need to nail this quickly now. Cloud banks are getting more frequent and there are popcorn showers around

Thing is we can't really use the hourly temps as a guide. Based on Met Office tweets there have been variations of 2C between the hourly readings we see.

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41.7 being recorded in the Netherlands

 

This has been withdrawn, it currently stands at 40.4c

Paris has a new record of 40.6c

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The intense heat has set off convection - Not surprisingly.

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We've taken #2 if that's any consolation.

2nd hottest day on record at least.

 

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Lots of fluctuating temps recorded at www.winchesterweather.org.uk, but looking like the all-time site figure (35.0) may be safe. Has reached 33.9c at peak so far today, but cloud amounts, though variable, are generally increasing.

My Vantage vue station is now recording 35.0 c on the nose but the sensor is still currently exposed to the sun. However, that said it recorded 21.5 c this time yesterday mid-afternoon and that was also in full sunshine.

Edit: Still climbing to 35.2 c.

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This has been withdrawn, it currently stands at 40.4c

Paris has a new record of 40.6c

Yes the Deelen figure looks way off. Still a new record for the Netherlands though.

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We've taken #2 if that's any consolation.

2nd hottest day on record at least.

 

Too early to say the all time record won't go. I'm not saying I've called this correctly yet. 

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I saw 37C in Epsom from my phone app.  33C in Lower Stoke.  There some clouds but not shaded here yet.

Temp now at 36c, easily the hottest I have ever recorded here.

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This is very likely to be the hottest CET max on record. Even using the highest hourly values so far recorded gives a max of 33.1C

Edit: 33.5C. Hottest on record for sure