[South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion 08 Feb 2021 Onward]

Snow flurries just 5 miles or so from the south coast, on the second of these weakening cold fronts 

[South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion Jan 2021 Onward]

Despite nothing settling, this has possibly been the most interesting morning of weather I've ever witnessed. 

Starting with thunder, we've had graupel, freezing rain, rain, sleet, snow and ice pellets all in the space of a few hours 

[South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion Jan 2021 Onward]

Extraordinary start to the day north of fareham, starting with graupel, thunder and lightning, followed by freezing rain, then rain, now there's snow mixing in. 

Image shows freezing rain accumulating on the car after the graupel 

[South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion 01/06/2020 Onward]

Sun coming out in the far south now already up to 23C. Clearing quicker than forecast. @DaveL it looks like your station record of 31.8C is seriously under threat on Saturday - looks like a full day of northeasterly winds. 

[South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion 01/06/2020 Onward]

2 hours ago, DaveL said:

I do indeed! I deliberately located it on the maps 2 or 3 streets away from my actual address, can't remember why, but just so you know! And I can't move it without setting it up as a new station, so I won't. And yes, as mentioned above I had a record  24h minimum 19.4 and equal record maximum (any month) 31.8.

The midnight 'rain' passed over here without incident - just a few spots of rain that never made it from the funnel into the measuring cylinder lol. Currently a stifling 20.8 and 76% RH with zero wind.

 

Yes, as you say, maintaining an offshore wind seems to be the key to really high temperatures here, rather than the intensity of the heatwave. If I remember correctly the other time it got to 31.8C, we weren't in a particularly hot airmass, but just under high pressure with a northeasterly wind. Southamptonweather.co.uk also recorded an all time high today (since 2008), so we weren't alone (even though that station horribly overestimates sometimes!)

[South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion 01/06/2020 Onward]

23 minutes ago, DaveL said:

Minimum here 19.4°C at 05:16, high so far 31.1°C at 13:41 so beats yesterday by almost a degree, so far.  My post-2013 record is 31.8 and could be in danger.

Otterbourne water works nr Winchester was also 31.1 at 2pm so I'm fairly comfortable with my own reading.

Do you run Locks Heath NW by any chance? I always look at that station as it seems to be the only accurate one near Whiteley - those numbers look very familiar! I believe today was the hottest morning (any month) as well as the hottest June day in the station's history.