There is a a shower approaching Cambridge.

What is the latest time we could hit the record?

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As it stands I'd give the win to Tractor boy on the basis he also added a location (northolt) and that location was closer (and less vauge) than the others.

 

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Yep a few making one last dash

 

Latest from Cambridge is 38.1C up to 1600 BST. As things stand the second highest temperature ever recorded in the UK - second only to Faversham in 2003.

https://sci.ncas.ac.uk/leedsweather/

Leeds on the up again

 

Thibk we could go a little higher if we get more clear spells but I think 34.8 will probably be the max. This is the hottest day I have ever felt in Leeds. 

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40.5C in Diepenbeek at 5pm local time, looks like a new Belgian record. May have gone higher in the meantime.

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Who's in Cambridge is it still sunny?

No, mostly cloudy now

Looking South:

 

I'm not far from Cambridge. Still sunny here BTW.

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Sun back out now, hopefully one last push.

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https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/climate/maps-and-data/uk-synoptic-and-climate-stations 

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Thibk we could go a little higher if we get more clear spells but I think 34.8 will probably be the max. This is the hottest day I have ever felt in Leeds. 

Its 34.8C again!

 

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Latest update from the MetOffice operations team on their Live Broadcast confirms that while a small chance we could still achieve the record, feeling is they are now levelling out or dropping

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Cloud moved in (Cambridge) and spoiled any chance at the all time record, what a day either way.

I remember Gravesend was 38.1 at the end of the day in 2003 and Faversham pipped it the next day. Could happen again.

 

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My weather station has recorded 39.9C at 16:20 but I actually trust that less than the garden thermometer in my last post.

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I remember Gravesend was 38.1 at the end of the day in 2003 and Faversham pipped it the next day. Could happen again.

 

I think it was actually several weeks later, wasn't it? End of August, at least.

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Well, a pretty good performance from the hi-res models I would say, with the location and the value pretty much spot on.

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I think it was actually several weeks later, wasn't it? End of August, at least.

 

Was it that's madness if so, hopefully we've moved on a bit now 

 

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In the last hour, the temperature at Edinburgh Gogarbank has dropped back below 30°C, so my earlier reported value of 30.9°C looks like being today's maximum for that particular station.

Other notable values for here in Edinburgh according to the Met Office Observations site are 30.6°C at Swanston Weather station and 30.6°C at Colinton. As for Scotland as a whole, the highest temperature which I have found at any of the major weather stations is 33.3°C in Bathgate in West Lothian.

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The only thing we need to be cautious about is that we're currently only seeing the real-time network. There are climate sites which only report max's at 1800 GMT or a climate report at 2100 GMT. So there might be a surprise yet.....

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You can’t rule out a late runner but it’s getting late Stanstead (actually Takley) to Writtle in our area

 

I remember Gravesend was 38.1 at the end of the day in 2003 and Faversham pipped it the next day. Could happen again.