This summer has the mechanism in place to blast most heat records to smithereens.  

Today we now have 35C or more recorded in 3 consecutive months. Amazing one of those in May. We could easily get another in August and even September.  Easily possible now. Suppose we see 32C in the beginning of October. Easily possible these days. That would be 32C or more in 6 consecutive months. 

I wouldn't rule it out. 🙂🙂🙂🙃

It won't be a record, of course, as the first year the records started would have had every day as a record! 😁(The second year would have set loads as well, as would the third, etc, etc). I daresay it's the highest number in recent decades, mind you... 1976 would possibly have had more, but 14 is a heck of a number.

Absolutely. 

What stands out is the sheer number. In a largely even, unchanging climate the number of date records broken should decrease over time. The fact that so many are being broken is indicative of how fast the climate is changing. It would make a fascinating graph. 

That's a very good point. I suppose what I meant was "the year with the greatest number of *current* date records", which is also not a very fair comparison...

In any case, today is the 180th day of the year and we have had 14 date records, so 1 day in every 13 has been the hottest of that date ever!

No heatwave here, but I'm sure that you will be interested in this  report in the Edinburgh Evening News since you live on the side of Blackford Hill, and since this report is referring to an incident which has happened right in your neck of the woods.

Even though today hasn't been as hot as other recent days, it has still been very dry and with those tinder-dry conditions, that only increases the risks of wildfires breaking out such as the one in that report. With ongoing climate change as well, that is sadly something which is just going to get worse over time.

Although that isn't something which has happened in my area, I'm also equally interested in that because at the end of the day, this is still something else which is happening in Edinburgh, the very city where I live. There was a major fire just yesterday in the city centre which was bad enough as it is, so the last thing Edinburgh needs just now is anything like this in addition to that.

Heatwave score update: after 35.2C in Derbyshire we’re up to 26.6 points. 

Reminder that the ones in our sights are July 2006 and August 2003, both with scores in the 40s. June/July 1976 remains way out in front for now.