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Where are the hottest temps likely to be on Sunday then? It seemed to be the Midlands but now it seems to be more like the usual London area (if I'm correct).

If we don't hit 30C in mid-Essex this summer then it'll be the first year not to do so since 2009. (Mid-Essex being either the Andrewsfield or Writtle stations.) I posted something similar a year ago and then we had 7 days of >30C temperatures; 6 of them in a row!

Every summer in the models thread, whenever temperatures fail to break 30C in a hot spell, many people say things like "ah well, 27C is still hot and usable!". It's the same as a possibly snowy spell in the winter delivering no snow... but people in that thread don't say "ah well, it's still cold and frosty!". I don't like heat but I like extremes, so if it's going to get to 28/29C then I'd rather it got well into the thirties - both are unpleasant but at least the latter's rarer and meteorologically more interesting!

Surely that'd be giving temperatures of close to 20C if not higher?!

Thanks, Weatherobs does have Writtle!

Sadly I found in the past that the MeteoBlue site never tallied up with what was said on Weathercast (or if hourly temps were reported by the MetO on Twitter or something). I'm not sure why!

Unfortunately that doesn't seem to have all stations - at least it doesn't have my two local ones (Andrewsfield 03684 and Writtle 99127). I can't believe the MetOffice is still so bad at providing this basic info free of charge.

Argh... as I feared, the Belgium and French sites I linked to above now redirect to Weatherpro.com. Are there any websites where you can view MetO hourly data in tabular format, as you used to be able to via Weathercast? Thanks.

I had bookmarks in my browser to take me to my local MetOffice station data on weathercast.co.uk, where it was shown in a useful table format. I noticed last night that they now forward to a WeatherPro website and so does the main weathercast.co.uk website. I don't know what's happened. However, after some Googling I found the data's still available in the same table format on the Meteoservices.be website, e.g. www.meteoservices.be/be/home/weer/weer-wereldwijd/waarnemingen/obsid/99127.html It looks the same as Weathercast and I've just found what seems to be a French version at www.meteo24.fr Hopefully these sites won't go the same way as the Weathercast one, but sadly I wouldn't be surprised if they do given they appear to be foreign versions of Weathercast.

The exact max at Shawbury was 30.6C!

Writtle (nr Chelmsford in Essex) has now had three six-day 30+C spells: It's clear that this year's has been the most intense, meaning mid-Essex has experienced its hottest spell of weather on record.

Frustratingly, the Writtle station has been offline since yesterday morning. Strangely though, the @EssexWeather Twitter account posted a maximum figure for it and it's not clear how that was obtained. Someone else asked them but got no reply. Does anyone have any ideas?

In terms of mid-Essex, Writtle got to 34.8C (slightly lower than last Friday) and Andrewsfield reached 34.1C (higher than last Friday). My own station recorded 34.6C (also higher than last Friday) and is my 3rd hottest day since my records began in Sept 2013. Writtle's temperature today is its 5th hottest; its top five are now: 1.) 25/7/19, 37.7C 2.) 10/8/03, 35.7C 3.) 3/8/90, 35.2C 4.) 31/7/20, 35.1C 5.) 7/8/20, 34.8C Notable therefore that three of its top five are from three different 'heat events' in 2019/20.

Strong chance that the max at Heathrow will be around 37C, as the hourly reading at 3pm was 36.3C.

Mid-Essex MetO stations at 15:00: Writtle, nr Chelmsford 33.6C (last Friday's max was 35.1C) Andrewsfield, nr Braintree 32.4C (last Friday's max was 32.4C) My own station, just north of Chelmsford, is currently at 32.8C (last Friday's max was 32.6C).

Around 25/26C this afternoon here in Chelmsford, with mostly overcast skies and a high humidity of 62%, making it feel pretty oppressive. For contrast, yesterday it was 26C but 30% humidity.

Maximums in Paris this week (depending on the station): Mon: 30-32C Tue: 23-25C Wed: 26-27C Thu: 31-33C Fri: 37-39C Stations further north in France were a couple of degrees cooler. As you say, very surprising we got to the high 30s when northern France hadn't been over 33C during the week.

Yes, it's at Writtle College. It was a great sunset this evening!

Chelmsford (Writtle) and Andrewsfield reached 35.1C and 32.4C respectively today, meaning mid-Essex has now reached 30C after failing to do so during the heat at the end of June. The last year where 30C wasn't reached at either of these stations was 2009. My own personal station just north of Chelmsford recorded 32.6C.

Wow, 36.9C at Kew and 36.8C at Heathrow at 15:00.

30.4C at Teddington, 10am.

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I'm still struggling to see why the peak of the heat isn't reaching further east (i.e. Essex/Suffolk). The setup looks similar to the heat on a few occasions in Summer 2019 - i.e. SE winds and the peak around 30-32C - and Essex tapped into this. Is there a reason why the heat (according to the models) seems to not be making its way as far as Essex this time? The issue at the end of June seemed to be easterly winds but most models now seem to be showing a SE wind for Friday but highs of 'only' 26-27C in Essex.

Sorry if this has been asked before, but where can I access the raw ECM max temps? Had a look but can't seem to find them... thanks.

Interesting chart, thanks. MetO seems to be at odds with this then, because it's showing easterly winds for Kent (as mentioned above) and also for my location in Essex.