Temperature Record Monitor Thread

[Nick L]

Just now, Lord Grogon said:

A380 taking off...

We genuinely make this joke at work.

[mountain shadow]

1 minute ago, Captain Shortwave said:

UKV 06z still has a high of 42c across South Yorkshire this afternoon. Looks to be between Sheffield and Leeds.
 

Scottish record of 32.9 likely to be smashed by 3 degrees in the Borders area.

[Snowy L]

Temperatures shooting up in North Midlands. East Midlands Airport was 25C at 08:20, now 32C.

[Methuselah]

Unprecedented? Norarf!

Today's Maximum Temperatures

34°c
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32.2°c
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09:00 BST Cambridge
09:00 BST London City Airport
09:00 BST Northolt
09:00 BST London / Heathrow Airport
09:00 BST Stansted Airport
09:00 BST Benson
09:00 BST Cranfield
09:00 BST Heathrow
09:00 BST Southend-On-Sea
09:00 BST Birmingham / Airport
09:00 BST Cosford Royal Air Force Base
09:00 BST Luton Airport
09:00 BST Fairford Royal Air Force Base
09:00 BST London / Gatwick Airport
09:00 BST Staverton Private
09:00 BST Norwich Weather Centre
09:00 BST East Midlands
09:00 BST Wattisham
09:00 BST Humberside
09:00 BST Brize Norton

[Nick L]

So, Emley Moor last night didn't drop below 23.9C, therefore it's a record minimum night. However, the Met Office are discounting it because it reached a lower temperature after 9am the previous day. Absolutely ridiculous. 

[ChezWeather]

Heathrow, Cambridge, Northolt & London City all now at 34c

[Ben Sainsbury]

6 minutes ago, Nick L said:

So, Emley Moor last night didn't drop below 23.9C, therefore it's a record minimum night. However, the Met Office are discounting it because it reached a lower temperature after 9am the previous day. Absolutely ridiculous. 

Such a flawed system if that is the case, ugh.

[tight isobar]

2 minutes ago, ChezWeather said:

Heathrow, Cambridge, Northolt & London City all now at 34c

And trust me you can feel every point of it

Edited July 19, 2022 by tight isobar

[Paul]

13 minutes ago, mountain shadow said:

Scottish record of 32.9 likely to be smashed by 3 degrees in the Borders area.

Quite a shortage of stations up that way though.

[reef]

8 minutes ago, Nick L said:

So, Emley Moor last night didn't drop below 23.9C, therefore it's a record minimum night. However, the Met Office are discounting it because it reached a lower temperature after 9am the previous day. Absolutely ridiculous. 

I hate the 0900-0900 system aswell. The same often occurs in winter when an ice day is scuppered the next morning by a temperature rise above freezing before 9am.

I still record both 0900-0900 and 0000 to 0000 for this very reason.

[Snowy L]

Any news from the stations e.g. Cambridge Gardens that report yesterday's data at 10am?

[ChezWeather]

Kew Gardens takes the lead at 34.6c

[recklessabandon]

3 minutes ago, Paul said:

Quite a shortage of stations up that way though.

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[The PIT]

11 minutes ago, Nick L said:

So, Emley Moor last night didn't drop below 23.9C, therefore it's a record minimum night. However, the Met Office are discounting it because it reached a lower temperature after 9am the previous day. Absolutely ridiculous. 

Quite correct as it's a 24 hr period recording time.

[Nick L]

Just now, Snowy L said:

Any news from the stations e.g. Cambridge Gardens that report yesterday's data at 10am?

The person responsible is probably still finishing their coffee and crossword. In all seriousness, by the time they bother to report it we'll probably have beaten it today.

[Athens Heat]

34.6C Kew Gardens

[Nick L]

34.6C at Kew Gardens at 10am.

[TropicThunder]

I don't understand why there are so few official stations. Surely as a minimum every major town and city should have one.

With only a select few stations in each area it doesn't feel like we get a true picture. I expect over the course of yesterday and today there will be many high temperatures hit that just don't get recorded.

[Scorcher]

3 hours ago, kold weather said:

I should think the record will go. 40c will be hit but whether a weather station picks it up is perhaps a little more uncertain.

I think it's a formality that numerous weather stations will record 40C.

[ChezWeather]

Looks like Kenley at 25.8 may take the overnight record

 

[Snowy L]

1 minute ago, TropicThunder said:

I don't understand why there are so few official stations. Surely as a minimum every major town and city should have one.

With only a select few stations in each area it doesn't feel like we get a true picture. I expect over the course of yesterday and today there will be many high temperatures hit that just don't get recorded.

Yes NE England particularly bad. Apart from Doncaster in the middle it looks like an empty area of a good 150-200 square miles on xc weather, and with today's set up that's the key area.

[Scorcher]

Agree that there are too few official stations- there should be a lot more and every major city should have one centrally.

Not sure why it's wrong to take readings in cities? Yes the UHI is at play, but this reflects the experience of the vast majority of people in this country- who live in urban areas.

Last night would have been very interesting with city centre stations- I can't imagine it got below 26 or 27C in Manchester city centre.

[recklessabandon]

5 minutes ago, TropicThunder said:

I don't understand why there are so few official stations. Surely as a minimum every major town and city should have one.

With only a select few stations in each area it doesn't feel like we get a true picture. I expect over the course of yesterday and today there will be many high temperatures hit that just don't get recorded.

relics of the days when the MetO was a military organisation; i.e the stations are generally still only in places that were WWII air bases....example is this county of Northumberland, a huge area by UK standards, but there are only four stations; two around Newcastle Airport and two at RAF Boulmer, hardly representative though as the Airport is next to the city and Boulmer is on the freezing north sea beach! 

[Paul_1978]

31 minutes ago, Captain Shortwave said:

UKV 06z still has a high of 42c across South Yorkshire this afternoon. Looks to be between Sheffield and Leeds.
 

42 over Lincoln area and M62 around Goole?

[East_England_Stormchaser91]

10 minutes ago, Nick L said:

34.6C at Kew Gardens at 10am.

No words. That is bonkers!