Sept into Oct 2011 Warm Spell Discussion..

[knocker]

Latest GFS take on the next few days. Much lower than some.

[Lake District Blizzard]

North Cumbria Hottest part of the country outside the London Area, Carlisle 25c at 1pm

24.8c here

Drumburgh 26.4c

Edited September 28, 2011 by rjd1000

[Milhouse]

Gravesend was the warmest place up to 1pm with a max of 26c. I suspect that could still manage to rise a couple of degrees.

[Radiating Dendrite]

Gravesend is usually always one of the hottest places.

Hit 33c there this summer believe it or not!

[Aaron]

26C here.. 24C at the airport, 208 meters above sea level.

[Lauren]

People complain we've had a onions summer and then we get some sun and people complain it's too hot. Not on here but in general.

What do they expect? A thermostat so they can adjust the heat for every person?

[Juuyoku]

22 degrees at 1pm here in County Derry, Northern Ireland. Not a cloud in the sky, lovely day!

[Aaron]

People complain we've had a onions summer and then we get some sun and people complain it's too hot. Not on here but in general.

What do they expect? A thermostat so they can adjust the heat for every person?

Well, that would be ideal.

[TonyH]

25c in west Wales.

[Liam J]

24.6c here in the lakes

[Scorcher]

You can if you want, but the UV won't be that high, and you probably will have to sit in the sun for hours to get any notable change in colour

This is a myth, the sun is easily strong enough to produce a change in skin colour if you're out at the right time. Spending two hours outside either side of solar midday would be enough for me to notice a change in my skin, although I do tan quite easily.

[Milhouse]

26c now being recorded at various spots including Yorkshire and North Wales.

[Coast]

[Lake District Blizzard]

24.6c here in the lakes

hit 25,0c here, car themo showed 26c, amazing day, 0.1 warmer than the 4th July, warmest day of the year

Edited September 28, 2011 by rjd1000

[Costa Del Fal]

Purely brilliant today and so much more to come. Nearly 26c here and it's clear the GFS has undercooked the temperatures by a good 3c as usual. Best settled spell in summer terms since 2006 I believe. Not hot but very warm and non stop sun for about a week. Summer wasn't that bad here so this week just made things even better.

[Isolated Frost]

1400 25+ spots (Met Office)

26.4C at Gravesend (SE England)

25.7C at Church Fenton (Yorks and Humber)

25.4C at Hawarden (Wales), Trawsgoed (Wales)

25.3C at Pershore (W Mids), Heathrow (London), Northolt (London)

25.2C at Coleshill (W Mids)

25.1C at Linton-on-Ouse (Yorks and Humber), Hereford Credenhill (W Mids)

25.0C at Carlisle (NW England)

[A.J]

Hmm, my weather station is reporting the following readings...

Temperature: 29.1 °C

Dew Point: 17 °C

Humidity: 39%

Wind: SW at 8km/h

Pressure: 1017hPa

TBH, it does feel like the hottest day of the year, I'm not convinced on the validity of my reading, it is shaded & screened though..yet it ties with the somewhat with the local www.wunderground.com stats for Penkridge, which is showing 32C (that surely can't be right, can it?)

[Isolated Frost]

Hmm, my weather station is reporting the following readings...

Temperature: 29.1 °C

Dew Point: 17 °C

Humidity: 39%

Wind: SW at 8km/h

Pressure: 1017hPa

TBH, it does feel like the hottest day of the year, I'm not convinced on the validity of my reading, it is shaded & screened though..yet it ties with the somewhat with the local www.wunderground.com stats for Penkridge, which is showing 32C (that surely can't be right, can it?)

Very very unlikely, the 39% humidity just sounds weird to me, never mind the 29C - regardless, very hot!

[Scorcher]

Incredible weather, not a cloud in Cheltenham today and a temperature of 26C. So interesting to see leaves on the floor in such warm weather. The sun still feels hot enough despite it being late September. I can barely remember such a pristine pure blue sky in this country- it certainly has been a while!

[Coast]

Just had a phone call from one of my best buddies who is an ex-pat now living just outside Orlando, Florida. I asked him what the temperature was and he said about 82 DgF. I told him it wasn't far from that here and after 5 minutes laughing he asked again what the real temperature was - so I'm going to send him this:

[A.J]

Very very unlikely, the 39% humidity just sounds weird to me, never mind the 29C - regardless, very hot!

I wouldn't be so sure, it's definitely the warmest day of the year here, and the humidity actually would be correct given a dewpoint of 17C and an 2m temp of 29C...numerous non-official weather stations are reporting 27C+ in the West Midlands...Official weather stations at Shawbury & RAF Cosford (both within 15 miles of me) are reporting recorded screen temps of 25C & 26C respectively

[J10]

21C ay local weather station, right on coast, probably 23c or so here, very pleasant with a noticeable S to SE breeze.

[Coast]

Not really official, but Hawarden seems to be doing well:

[Milhouse]

A couple of official stations have now ticked up to 27c. Gravesend and Hawarden. Cant see anywhere getting 28c but you never know.

[Aaron]

26.2C.. phew