Summer 2016

[MP-R]

5 minutes ago, cheese said:

If the rest of the summer was average, that'd be nice. The prospect of an unsettled August does not excite me at all, and I think we've had enough of those recently. I sincerely hope August will pull a hat trick and turn out to be the best month of summer (like it was in 2009 and 2012), but I guess we'll see.

I think given most of the summer has been below average, it would be quite nice to have it slightly above average from now on, more so with regards to amount of sunshine; but yes I'm with you on hopes for August, especially the first two thirds.

[Summer Sun]

33.2C at Heathrow

[ItNeverSnowsInWindsor]

33.0C in Windsor at 3:30pm!

[Man With Beard]

35 minutes ago, cheese said:

Doesn't look like the Met's 34-35C will come to fruition unless temps start increasing again. Doesn't appear to be any momentum right now. Not sure why the temperatures have seemingly leveled off when there's only a light SE wind and full sunshine.

Might be maxed out now in the west. Warmest upper air just approaching central/eastern parts, could we see temp rises further east until 5pm I wonder? 

[Mapantz]

Come on.. come on..  29.9°C  here - I haven't recorded a 30°C  in ten years of owning a station!

Made it!    

Edited July 19, 2016 by Mapantz
Made it!

[Nick L]

Some rail lines approaching 60c, easy to see why there's disruption on the trains.

[Summer of 95]

32.2 here, that's nearly 3C higher than anything else since 2006. And it still seems to be rising... The eternal Autumn is over, for a day or two at least

[mb018538]

It's a shame the warmest of the uppers are only arriving through the day, I think if they'd been in place beforehand we could have squeaked a tad higher. I think 35c might be out of reach today, but somewhere could get close to 34c

[Ǝssex Ǝasterly]

1 hour ago, Nick L said:

The record is 23.9c, presuming you mean nationwide:

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/climate-extremes/#?tab=climateExtremes

hirlam and arpege are both going for it!

     

[cheese]

9 minutes ago, Man With Beard said:

Might be maxed out now in the west. Warmest upper air just approaching central/eastern parts, could we see temp rises further east until 5pm I wonder? 

Yes, BBC seems to think so - max around 5pm. Guess we'll see. Temps here are back on the up.

[Snowyowl9]

Hottest day for 10 years but it won`t be reaching 30c here.

Mid level cloud coming in now,quite a nice breeze today which knocks the temp off.

 

[Nick L]

26-27c in the far north of Scotland, now that's something!

[Man With Beard]

Well worth a look at this site right now - gives you the general gist of how hot it is nationwide - over 30C almost everywhere in England midlands south

http://wow.metoffice.gov.uk/

[Mapantz]

29 minutes ago, Man With Beard said:

Might be maxed out now in the west. Warmest upper air just approaching central/eastern parts, could we see temp rises further east until 5pm I wonder? 

Warmest uppers have encroached on the SW according to Netw's

 

[Summer Sun]

Pershore 33.4c

[Costa Del Fal]

Lots of stations round here seem to be reporting 32-33c.  Some a little higher than that too!

[Man With Beard]

Maybe 35C has gone now. I expect a few stations will show 34C when all the readings come in.

[Ǝssex Ǝasterly]

34c recorded at Brize Norton @ 4pm, not sure why it wasn't showing earlier! odd

Edited July 19, 2016 by Essex Easterly.

[Summer Sun]

Brize Norton is now showing 34c

[markyo]

Booked for the next 3 days with jobs in the south east,wonder if I can take my employer to court for cruelty! Saw 34c today,the words vile,replusive,unbearable spring to mind....may be a give away I didn't like it one bit.

[simshady]

8 minutes ago, markyo said:

Booked for the next 3 days with jobs in the south east,wonder if I can take my employer to court for cruelty! Saw 34c today,the words vile,replusive,unbearable spring to mind....may be a give away I didn't like it one bit.

Yes, Too warm. Weather to be endured rather than enjoyed....

Edited July 19, 2016 by simshady

[mb018538]

We maxed out a tad over 31c here, which was about what was expected....wonder who will take the top prize! Maybe a few later reporting stations may nick it off Brize Norton?

[Summer Sun]

@metoffice

Brize Norton has now beaten Pershore with a top temperature of 33.5°C!

[markyo]

7 minutes ago, simshady said:

Yes, Too warm. Weather to be endured rather than enjoyed....

Agree,the upper limit has been breached,not nice at all

[ItNeverSnowsInWindsor]

I've had 34.5C in Windsor just now!