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Dry, cloudy and cool, warming up a bit with sunny intervals in the afternoon. Maximum 21.5, minimum 15.7. Wind light N. Yesterday: breezy with sunny intervals and a spell of light rain late morning. Maximum 22.4, minimum 16.8. Wind moderate W.

Dry, breezy and pleasantly warm with long sunny spells. Maximum 26.0, minimum 17.9. Wind moderate SW.

Dry and pleasantly warm with sunny spells, generally cloudier in the afternoon. Maximum 24.8, minimum 14.0. Wind light SW.

A generally cloudy day with brief sunny intervals and showery rain from early afternoon onwards. Maximum 21.8, minimum 17.0. Wind light SE.

Early sunshine but clouded over by 9am and remained cloudy for the rest of the day with only brief sunny intervals and temperatures back to near normal. Maximum 23.6, minimum 14.7. Wind light E.

Dry for much of the day with sunny intervals and temperatures closer to normal. Showery rain late afternoon and evening. Maximum 24.8, minimum 18.3. Wind light NW

Dry, sunny and exceptionally hot, has clouded over in the past hour but no rain has hit the ground here from the band of showers showing on the radar. The wind got up for a while early afternoon reminding me of the blowtorch conditions I once experienced in the Australian outback, where there was a gusty dry wind and the temperature was 41C. The nearest official station at the university reached 37.7 early afternoon, well up on its previous record of 36.4 from August 2003. The maximum here on our shaded thermometer in the garden was 38.0, last night's minimum 20.6. Wind light SE.

In a completely unrelated Facebook post I randomly guessed that today's absolute maximum would be 40.4 at Coningsby. Going to be close

I've only experienced this once before, and that was in the Australian outback in summer many years ago. I remember arriving at Tennant Creek, in the Northern Territory, around 5pm, where it was 41 degrees with a 'fresh' breeze off the desert. It really did feel like standing in front of a hairdryer.

Dry and sunny for most of the day, becoming very hot by lunchtime. Some high cloud caused the temperature to level off, with the peak around 1pm, so no records broken here. Maximum 35.4, minimum 15.1. Wind light S.

Hawarden has apparently reached 37.1, a big jump for the Welsh record. Back on topic: for tomorrow, as the models stand right now the range for the absolute maximum looks like 38 (ECM, from Yorkshire down to the Wash) to 42 (UKV, South Yorkshire area and GFS, Lincolnshire).

We're in a good old solid Victorian terrace - can be a bit chilly in the winter but generally comfortable in hot weather. I think all that heat goes up the chimneys.

Dry, warm and sunny. Maximum 25.0, minimum 10.3. Wind light NW.

Dry with long sunny spells, a bit cooler and offering some welcome respite from the recent hot days. Maximum 24.2, minimum 14.7. Wind light N.

Dry and very warm with long sunny spells after an exceptionally warm night. Maximum 26.9, minimum 20.4. Wind light NW.

A hot and generally cloudy day with a few spots of rain at lunchtime. Maximum 30.4, minimum 16.9. Wind light W.

Hot, dry and sunny, the sunshine becoming hazy in the afternoon. Maximum 30.5, minimum 13.1. Wind light SW.

Dry, hot and sunny. Maximum 28.4, minimum 13.0. Wind light W.

36.8, St James's Park, 16 July.

Dry and very warm, cloudy for a while mid morning otherwise sunny all day. Maximum 25.8, minimum 15.4. Wind light N. Yesterday: dry, sunny and very warm. Maximum 27.4, minimum 13.7. Wind light NW.

Dry, warm and sunny in the afternoon after a cloudy morning. Maximum 24.1, minimum 15.8. Wind light N.

Dry and pleasantly warm with sunny spells. Maximum 24.4, minimum 11.5. Wind light NW.

Dry with sunny spells, clouded over in the afternoon and cleared by early evening. Maximum 21.6, minimum 10.9. Wind light NW.

Sunny start, clouded over by lunchtime. Clear again this evening. Maximum 21.2, minimum 10.7. Wind light WNW.

Random guess 34.4, St James's Park.