Summer 2016

[RobR]

I know a fair few of us go on holidays to hot climates where nights at this temp are the norm but it doesn't beat the feeling of it being IMBY. The feeling of walking out of an air-conned office into this heat outside at this time of night is incredible. Not a hint of chill. I also feel in the heat that things sound different. The motorway traffic seems more subdued like the heat creates a deadening noise (like snow in Winter).

[markyo]

Suggest little addition to the Lords prayer,thank you for the daily bread and the bedroom aircon unit! 

[markyo]

7 hours ago, cheese said:

Down to 23C. Certainly no record warm night on the cards for us. I predict the min here will be in the 16-18C range, as opposed to the BBC's wildly optimistic forecast of 21C.

Min by min was 20c,currently back up to 22c now

[Man With Beard]

No all-time record tonight but possibly the July one - Benson still 23.7C at 5am

[Man With Beard]

All records seem to have been missed then, as no stations stayed above 23.3C that I can see ... London already back up to 25C though!!!

[Turnedoutniceagain]

Memo to self: Don't drive to work with wet hair and the roof down on the car. It looks like I've got a Guardsman's hat on

[Nick L]

Anybody who found sleeping pleasant last night is either fibbing or has air conditioning...this weather really takes it out of you.

[cheeky_monkey]

4 minutes ago, Nick L said:

Anybody who found sleeping pleasant last night is either fibbing or has air conditioning...this weather really takes it out of you.

I'm no lover of heat and humidity but I have had no trouble sleeping..strangely I'm finding it ok.

[Matthew.]

8 hours ago, Summer Sun said:

23.3c still in Darlo

• Looks like some nasty storms for our region this afternoon. Hopefully no flooding, can't think of anything worse!

[weatherguru14]

Blimey our climate is trying  destroy me.. If its not dispappointing weather.. Its like sleeping in a sauna.. It was horrendous last night..

[Turnedoutniceagain]

8 minutes ago, Nick L said:

Anybody who found sleeping pleasant last night is either fibbing or has air conditioning...this weather really takes it out of you.

Two industrial strength G&Ts just before bed sorted that out. Slept like a log

[Nick L]

13 minutes ago, cheeky_monkey said:

I'm no lover of heat and humidity but I have had no trouble sleeping..strangely I'm finding it ok.

I got adequate sleep but it was very difficult. 26c in my room when I woke up this morning, not pleasant at all.

[Stargazer]

Yes, just about adequate sleep with the windows open and no duvet.  The minimum in our garden was 21.7, the warmest night I've experienced here in Reading (since 2002) by a large margin. The nearest official station at the university recorded a minimum of 19.8.

I was also in Shanghai in 2009, and remember that night - we arrived around 10pm and the temperature was still 33C.  We were unlucky with the eclipse where we were - thunderstorms leading up to totality and the clouds didn't break until afterwards.

Edited July 20, 2016 by Stargazer

[Summer Sun]

12 hours ago, Summer Sun said:

The exact high today is 35.2C in St. Helier, Channel Islands

Back on the mainland we had

Brize Norton, Oxfordshire: 33.5C
Pershore, Worcestershire: 33.4C
Heathrow Airport, London: 33.2C

Finally confirmed

 

[Summer Sun]

Not as hot tomorrow but still very pleasant

[Nick L]

Thank you weather gods for this lovely cloud! Keeping things far more comfortable so far.

[B87]

50 minutes ago, Summer Sun said:

Not as hot tomorrow but still very pleasant

Those temperatures look average for July/August. 

[Summer Sun]

11 minutes ago, B87 said:

Those temperatures look average for July/August. 

Yep in in any sunshine and light winds it will be a nice day

[Man With Beard]

Is ARGEPE on the mushrooms again?

Big differences between some runs for northern Scotland even at T12 - a few short range models have it pretty hot around Inverness 

edit - Lakenheath already at 28C so will be interesting to see how high it goes ...

Edited July 20, 2016 by Man With Beard

[cheeky_monkey]

was hot here earlier but has cooled off markedly for an hour or so now beginning to warm up again

[Ǝssex Ǝasterly]

Anybody keep an eye on the highest overnight minimums last night?

I fell asleep shortly before 4am  

[lassie23]

This is turning into the best summer since last summer

[Fourty Point Three Degrees]

any word on last nights warmth? Did we beat the August 1990 record as a few places were still around 25c at 3.00am

[Man With Beard]

43 minutes ago, 40*C said:

any word on last nights warmth? Did we beat the August 1990 record as a few places were still around 25c at 3.00am

I don't believe so. There were a few between 22.5C and 23.0C, but non above that.

[cheese]

Overnight low was 18.6C. Today, 26C and cloudy.