Monday 17th July 2006

[paul tall]

Peter, us lowlanders are FRYING down in the Durham-Tees valley.

29.7ºC

29% Humidity.

I love it!

[paul tall]

Should have kept my gob shut really, its dropped back down to 29.0º in 11 minutes

[Osbourne One-Nil]

26.8º here. Gives us northerners something to think about other than where our next meal is coming from eh?

[Hemlock]

32c, far too hot.

Bring back winter.

[A Gower Guy]

Sunny 27.5°c, just off the high so far.

[peterf]

Peter, us lowlanders are FRYING down in the Durham-Tees valley.

29.7ºC

29% Humidity.

I love it!

pass me a beer

[Mondy]

27.4C here. Got toasted at work earlier...brown face, brown arms...great stuff

[Jane Louise]

A beautiful hot and sunny day.

29c

1023 pressure

[Kent Snow]

29.4C, hot, blazing sun, gentle breeze.

[paul tall]

Well, we reached a new peak at 29.8ºC a few minutes ago, but now its on a downward spiral again, 29.4º, so I think we might have reached the high for the day.

[Intrepid]

Still hot and sunny, currently 25.8c

[johnholmes]

hi

Temps in July in excess or equal to 32C (90F) in this area.

Today the high is currently 33.7C at 1505

Since I started regular and kept weather data in January 1997 there have been just one other instance; not 2003 but in 2005, and that was not in July but 19/6/05 with 32.0C.

So today is the first time it has exceeded that value.

Looking through the Finningley records, back to 1942/3, shows the absolute max at 33.3C on 31/7/1943.

There were 4 instances of 32C or higher during the time the airfield was open;

32.0C on 22/7/89

32.2C on 3/7/76

32.2C on 12/7/49

33.3C on 31/7/43.

So for this part of the world we are entering record breaking territory, data shown on Look North at lunch time supported the Finningley figures for the 3 main airfields in Yorks and Lincs, although oddly it did not show Cranwell, perhaps their figures are not quite so high although I would have thought they would show similar values.

John

[*AL*]

Unbelievably hot! Some high cloud to the south and barely a breath of wind.Superb.

[paul tall]

30.3ºC

Magnificent!

[Kent Snow]

30.4C, boiling, blazing sun, wind light.

[ThunderWoman]

Very hot! Sunny with a little cirrus.

Temp - 29c

Wind - Easterly 5mph

Pressure - 1024mb falling

RH - 33%

[carinthian]

30.5c here in Crewe, hot and sunny.

Hi,

31C just reached in my part of Cheshire.

C

[snow raven]

Currently clear, 29c

[john arrowsmith]

max temp. 31.7c at 1.56pm.

temp now. 29.6c.

humidity. 28%.

pressure. 1026. falling.

[carinthian]

Hi,

31C just reached in my part of Cheshire.

C

Max reached is 31.4 C.

C

[Osbourne One-Nil]

It'll never reach 30º here. Do I look bovvered?

Currently 25.2º after a high of 27.4º.

[kippure]

32.1C Its boiling out .

Clear blue sky.

34% humidity.

[Andy Bown]

The equal hottest day so far this year with a 31c max. Mostly sunny today too but with some patches of Cirrus/Altocumulus throughout.

29c now.

[Intrepid]

Very warm at 24.2c after a high of 26.3c. Humidity 50%

[Rollo]

This is far too hot for me,currently 31.1c in the shade,humidity 28%,barometer 1025 mb and steady,light SW wind and wall to wall sunshine.