Up at just after 4, as usual, and I checked the temperature - remember yesterday the MetO said about it being "relatively mild", much to my disdain? They changed their wording in the afternoon to say, using a much better term,
"This Evening and Tonight:
A fine end to the day, with plenty of warm sunshine. Staying dry with prolonged clear skies overnight. Winds will be light and variable. A warm night for many. Minimum temperature 18 °C."
Oddly enough it didn't seem particularly hard to sleep, and sure enough it's "only" 13.9 outside right now! Quite a fail for their modelling, and I note yesterday's high was 26.4 rather than the 32 their raw output had. (This follows on from Sunday, which ended up as 21.8 rather than the 25/6/7 that the raw showed at various times during Sunday itself). It now has 32 for today (down from a predicted 34 the past couple of days) and that's still with an onshore breeze from a 14C sea - I would expect maybe 28 or 29 at a push, but we'll see. Friday is now showing 31, and as that's with SW'lies - always a warm direction due to the foehn effect from the Downs - I can imagine that will actually happen!
Incidentally looking at xc there are a number of places still in the 20s, notably 23s at Waddington and Barkston Heath "up north". Astonishing for May, frankly...