Summer18

Tonight is the first time I’ve noticed it with it being so overcast. A month ago it was still pretty much daylight at this time.

August 2008 and June 2012 are a tie for worst ever summer months. I would say as a whole 2008 was the poorest summer I’ve witnessed, 2012 seemed to have more warm days just edges it above 2008. Sandwiched between a hot spring and autumn, 2011 was also a shocker that sometimes gets overlooked.

17.1 & 66mm

Looks like my station peaked at 39.6, down to a much cooler 38.7 now

My station near Leeds now 39.5

39.2 now in Guiseley, astonishing!

That’s yesterdays record absolutely smashed

Some high level cloud has drifted in, wonder if it will scupper the temperature rise

Unbelievable, whether you like it or not this a truly historic day. I must admit I thought 40C would still be years away.

My personal station just hit 37.9, unbelievable

36.1C by far the highest I’ve recorded since 2017 in north Leeds dew point is showing -1.7C. Feels like the Med!

35.5 in Guiseley, dew point is -2.1C currently

Didn’t expect these showers this morning!

Lovely today, absolutely perfect. It’s insane to think the temperatures are going to be a good 10-15C hotter than today though!

I took this flying back in the early hours from Cyprus last week somewhere over the North Sea. The picture doesn’t really do it Justice on how good it looked!

Think Monday will get to around 38.5C and then Tuesday wil beat it with 39.3C. Cambridgeshire again.

Just got back from a holiday in Cyprus and todays lovely summers day feels nice and cool compared to that. The strength of the sun is truly on another level. The air conditioned buildings and outdoor showers in Cyprus are an absolute godsend, it was 40C+ consistently. Heat like that over here would be horrid! The sun does set really quick over there at this time of year though compared to here though which was noticeable. The UV levels drop markedly after around 3pm onwards.

17.9C & 72mm

The met office daily weather report on their digital library and archives may have it

Real 2012 vibes this morning, persistent rain all night and fog.

I was only 5 but the storm that “cured” me from being scared of thunder and lightning was in early July 1999. I remember it lasted for hours with really intense lightning. I thought if I lived through that then thunder will never scare me again and It hasn’t! Indeed 1999 was a very thundery summer. I remember one in July 2002 which must have lasted for about 18 hours, started midday and lasted until morning the day after. I can’t remember one which lasted as long as that before or since.

I can just echo what others are saying regarding this summer. I remember it being warm and humid but also very wet. I did my Work Experience Course in a garage in early July and I can recall working in some stifling days. This summer Is also the first time I can remember a “heatwave alert” being issued which was around the end of June. I don’t have much memory of August but there were some sunny days towards the end. We had a brilliant thunderstorm one weekday afternoon here in Leeds with hail and about 2 hours of lightning. I think that was around May time though. Better than the absolute shockers of 2007,2008 and 2012 but fairly poor overall.

I was only 7/8 in 2001 so my memories of it are quite skewed. I always thought of this as a decent summer, we moved house at the end of July and I remember it being really hot. I can also recall early July being hot around the time of my brothers birthday. I think the weekend of the FA Cup final was hot too but that was in May. My memories see it as a good summer but had I been older at the time I would probably see it as above average at best.

14.7C & 90mm

Wasn’t around in 1992 so can only compare the last two. 2018 hands down for me. Not just because of the lockdown but we also had the 2 hottest May bank holidays on record in 2018. There was also more variety in terms of storms and it marked the start of a classic summer unlike 2020. I also remember the weather broke a bit towards the end of the month in 2020, getting cooler.