We've had 12 30c + days this year so far, the last being 18th July. Very respectable. 

How many do we need for this Summer to be an all time classic?? 18? 20?

Even we've had 3 days over 25 C. One in June and Two in July. August coolish and windy so far...

We have had just one day over 25°C here. It has been a good summer overall with lots of warm and useable weather but nothing really hot here.

I am not sure this current heatwave at least for the south  will last that long ?

Brian alluded  to a messy picture a few days ago

Who knows? 

It's a different world down here - 16 days in June, 11 in July, 2 so far in August.

I'd much rather have your weather - sounds more like what we had in the 80s here!

zero here

Any figure what the highest numbers of 30 days in summer season?  If did reached 30 times out of 3 months that mean 1 month total being 30C or over.

Someone posted these on X about a month ago.  Info apparently from Met Office.  But some of us on here think 1995 is a bit high.

Years with most 30c days are-

1995 - 34

2018 - 28

1976 - 24

2006 - 21

I'm getting quite cross about this 4th heatwave business! Some of us haven't had one! Be more specific! 4th heatwave in ENGLAND please!!

Can this even be called a heatwave? The nights are not going to retain the heat like they did in June or early July.  Its really when the nights are warm that you feel it. 

Only a 3 day affair as well. 

I think that is way off.  I always thought 76 had the highest. 

The Met Office Diaries of daily extremes

https://digital.nmla.metoffice.gov.uk/collection_86058de1-8d55-4bc5-8305-5698d0bd7e13/

 shows there were 27 days of 30C+ in 1995 

The Met Office daily max 5km Grid data for 1995 shows 29 

There may have been a couple of late entries to bump up the daily extremes but 29 looks like the highest it is likely to be

We've reached 30c  for the 13th time this year. 

30.4c Heathrow and 30.3c Wiggonholt

Just missed today, 29.7c

Heatwave had been cut short and delayed as it started sunny last Thursday then cut off with clouds issues until today was worst and overcast so very poor and extremely wrong forecast. Poor plebs who gone to SW got hit with rain over the fake HP cell. 

Snow for some tomorrow?

We have now reached 30.1c

Heathrow peaked at 31.9c 

This really is a European wide heatwave over 43c in France and also Albania. 

Lucky them don’t have any issues like here and getting real heatwaves without fronts and clouds interference hence why their temps are successfully rise very high anytime.

The exceptionally hot upper air has arrived here... even with no wind, and following a day which "only" reached 24.5, it's been hovering between 18.6 and 19 for most of the night. There was a brief puff of wind a couple of hours ago and it jumped up to 20!

I'm hoping the wind continues to blow from the sea later today, but there's a small chance it won't, in which case it's going to be insufferable. Further west the humidity will be lower, which won't make it feel as bad (but which will help dessicate things more)...

Interestingly the BBC also quote the 34-  30c days in 1995 at the end of this article. So maybe some accuracy to it.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czerrzdewzxo 

Last night's cloud and rain were more extensive than modelled. I suspect they may peg back temperatures a little today, but we shall see, with tomorrow perhaps being the peak.

Thank you for that note of optimism Darren. Yesterday's high a tad over 29C felt warm but not unbearable.

Best get my garden watering out of the way or I'll have to hire a skip.