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A dry and hot day with long spells of sunshine, but rather hazy at times. It turned cloudy by early evening as heavy showers passed to the west with thunder heard in the distance. The max of 29.9C before the sea breeze kicked in late in the afternoon was the joint third warmest in July here since 1980. Max Temp: 29.9C Min Temp: 14.6C Mean Wind: 11mph SE Max Gust: 18mph Sunshine: 7.5hrs Rainfall: None Currently partly cloudy with a temp of 21.1C and 79% humidity.

I think it gets that reputation more due to being rather wet in the heart of it. All three months were slightly sunnier and warmer than average here. June was the driest since 1976 and August close to average rainfall but July had more than 200% of normal rainfall. It was also just consistently average/warm than having any exceptional heat. We only reached 25C three times during the entire summer. Perceptions of summer often change depending on how often it rains though. Summer 1995 and 2009 were only 0.1C apart temperature-wise here but there's no question which was the better!

I don't know which I'd prefer, Heathrow's 33.1C at 15:00 but with a 12.3C dewpoint, or the 29.2C we have here now with a 19.1C dewpoint. Probably the former, its awful today!

The record high minimum since 1980 here is 18.9C (set this week!), so anything near that 20C shown would smash the current value.

Up to 29.1C here despite an onshore breeze. That's very warm considering. It would be quite something if we reach 30C twice in a week, after 17 years of not managing to. We're up to 749hours so far since 1st May. Quite exceptional.

Very warm and sunny though hazy at times due to high level cloud. Much less humid than recent days but it has become increasingly muggy as the evening has gone on. Max Temp: 24.9C Min Temp: 14.6C Mean Wind: 7mph S Max Gust: 13mph Sunshine: 13.7hrs Rainfall: None Currently partly cloudy with a temp of 17.6C and 85% humidity.

Much cooler today. We hit 24.9C briefly earlier but its 21.9C right now with a breeze. It feels so pleasant. That heat on Friday can go back to where it came from as far as I'm concerned!

It even hit 30.3C here, making it the warmest July day on record and first day of any month to hit 30C since August 2001. Very unusual indeed.

After another record warm minimum temperature this morning for the second day running, it was another hot day with broken cloud and long spells of sunshine. Max Temp: 28.9C Min Temp: 18.9C (new record) Mean Wind: 9mph W Max Gust: 17mph Sunshine: 9.6hrs Rainfall: None Currently mostly cloudy with a temp of 21.4C and 73% humidity.

This month is certainly turning into something exceptional here. Our current mean is 18.9C, just 0.4C short of what July 2006 finished on. If the temperatures shown on the GFS 06z were to come to fruition, we would actually finish above it on 19.4C. Considering we've only ever had two other summer months above 18.0C in 38 years (August 1990 and 1997), I didn't expect another month to get so close this soon!

Another warmest minimum on record of 18.9C, beating the previous value of 18.6C set... ...yesterday. Already up to 22.2C.

I've been coping alright until today. A 18.6C min last night followed by probably some of the worst conditions I've ever experienced in the UK - a temp of 30.3C with a dewpoint of 20.3C. It would be OK if there was the odd cooler day, but its been relentless for a couple of weeks now.

Mostly cloudy with sunny spells throughout the day. The min temp of 18.6C was the warmest minimum temperature on record at this site in any month since 1980. The max temp of 30.3C was the warmest on record in July and warmest of any month since 15th August 2001. It was extremely humid aswell, with a dewpoint of 20.3C at the same time. Max Temp: 30.3C Min Temp: 18.6C Mean Wind: 11mph S Max Gust: 20mph Sunshine: 6.8hrs Rainfall: None Currently partly cloudy with a temp of 23.7C and 70% humidity.

It depends on the conditions for me. It can be 18C outside with a keen breeze overnight which allows the heat to be blown out of the house and not be too bad. As long as its less than 24C indoors I can cope generally. Last night however was awful. It was still 22C at midnight and only dropped to 18.6C. There was no breeze at all so the house just remained uncomfortably hot, not dropping below 27C even by morning. I'm dreading tonight, it's currently 29.1C inside!

Here, the period 1991-2017 average for summer is 0.2C warmer than the 1981-2010 average. There's still three years to go of course for the full 1991-2020 mean, but the equivalent differences in winter, spring and autumn are 0.3C, 0.3C and 0.2C. Actually very little in it. You have to remember that a lot of the 80s summers were much worse temperature-wise than now. 1985, 1986, 1987 and 1988 were all cooler than 2012 for example. These will fall off and be replaced by the much warmer summers of the 2010s.

Just hit 30.2C here, the first day to hit 30C for 17 years.

We had a min temp of 18.6C last night, which is the warmest on record not just for July, but any day back to 1980, beating the previous record of 18.4C on 10th August 1991. Already at 10:30 we'd hit 26.1C today. I'm finding it interesting as a weather enthusiast, but its about time it cooled down now! Our house didn't drop below 27.0C all night, absolutely unbearable.

Cloudy overnight and early this morning but mostly clear for the majority of the day. Temperatures increased slowly at first after a muggy night, but shot up in the afternoon and early evening. We're now on 201hrs of sunshine for the month (101% of the monthly average). Max Temp: 28.8C Min Temp: 15.5C Mean Wind: 11mph SW Max Gust: 16mph Sunshine: 9.6hrs Rainfall: None Currently mostly cloudy with a temp of 23.3C and 71% Humidity.

This year just continues to be exceptional. We've now had 722 hours of sunshine since 1st May - that's an average of 8.7 hours per day for almost three months. In fact, if the remaining days of summer have just average sunshine, then it'll be the sunniest summer on record. We've only had 20.2mm of rain this summer over five days and 51.8mm of rain since 28th April. Then there's the upcoming heat... This is definitely one that will be remembered for long time.

Using the a figure of 19.1C for July (it looks to finish on about 19.3C before corrections), then we'd require August to finish on 18.1C for the warmest summer on record, beating 1976. A 17.7C August would net second place and just 17.0C would see us beat 1995 into 3rd place. It could even finish on 15.8C (0.6C below average) and we'd still be in the top 10 warmest of the last 360 years! It shows how exceptional it has been so far. I wonder how high up the list it could go?

Sunny during the morning before cloud thickened during the afternoon. It remained dry as the cold front passed over, which was much later than forecast meaning it was rather warm in the end. Max Temp: 26.7C Min Temp: 12.2C Mean Wind: 8mph W Max Gust: 12mph Sunshine: 9.1hrs Rainfall: None Currently mostly cloudy with a temp of 18.4C and 66% humidity.

Pretty consistent heat aswell with potentially only five days all month with a mean below 18C and one below 17C. I must say, back in 2006 I thought July was one of those records we'd have to wait a long time to beat or even get near to again - as 19C+ months are such a rare thing, but here we are just 12 years later.

GFS puts us into the furnace right when I'm on a string of 5 night shifts. That can only mean one thing - it'll probably happen.

July 2006 would surely be under threat if the GFS 12z came to fruition.

The run of 30 days without a drop ended here with 7.4mm of rain from a couple of heavy showers overnight. We're now on 20.0mm for the summer.