Temperature Record Monitor Thread

[kold weather]

9 minutes ago, Nick L said:

40.3C at Coningsby!

New record...and well away from London!

 

[SunnyPlease]

The blowtorch wind is what is most extraordinary about this heat. I have never felt that in this country. The wind is usually cooling.

Today has really been a heat lovers and extremist paradise

[Typhoon John]

Durham Uni station just shy of 100F at 37.6C.  If that is confirmed it's 4.7C higher than the previous record.

[Rammie]

Isn't Wittering an official station? Seems to say 41c.

I'm convinced Kettering got to 40.

[Yarmy]

16 minutes ago, Scorcher said:

Unfavourable official sites is the only reason IMO. Lots of places will have exceeded 40C but unfortunately the official stations are few and far between in that region.

Yes, that’s why the official record is - whisper it - a bit meaningless. Add in the lack of homogeneity between stations too. Nonetheless, this is the hottest day in the UK probably for 1000s of years. So quite notable, lol.

[ChezWeather]

Doncaster & Humberside both showing 40c on Weatherobs, not sure if rounded or not though

[Durham Weather]

4 minutes ago, Typhoon John said:

Durham Uni station just shy of 100F at 37.6C.  If that is confirmed it's 4.7C higher than the previous record.

That reading is from a different site to the Durham Uni Observatory at Potters Bank. The AWS readings you quote are from the Geography Dept AWS. However, once the official max is in tomorrow we’ll know for sure. I expect 35-36 degC

[Nick L]

2 minutes ago, ChezWeather said:

Doncaster & Humberside both showing 40c on Weatherobs, not sure if rounded or not though

They are.

Not seeing any higher temps on the 4pm obs, I think Coningsby has won it.

[ThundersnowDays]

1 hour ago, James1979 said:

Wow, there it is, 40.0c and just gone to 40.1c as I type. Incredible 

amazing! yea most of the amateur stations in the Ouse/Ivel Valley are recording around and over 40.C, it looked like the hottest place yesterday as well from Sandy/Bedford through Huntingdon out to Ely

[DZee]

There's a sudden rash of them now...

[Typhoon John]

7 minutes ago, Durham Weather said:

That reading is from a different site to the Durham Uni Observatory at Potters Bank. The AWS readings you quote are from the Geography Dept AWS. However, once the official max is in tomorrow we’ll know for sure. I expect 35-36 degC

Where is the Geography Dept?  I just walked past the Potter's Bank site last week.

[ChezWeather]

9 minutes ago, Nick L said:

They are.

Not seeing any higher temps on the 4pm obs, I think Coningsby has won it.

What did Coningisby hit? still catching up with things from today!

[Snowy L]

Just now, ChezWeather said:

What did Coningisby hit? still catching up with things from today!

40.3 but no update from Met Office yet, probably waiting for 16:20 updates.

[Athens Heat]

40.3C in Waddington 

[Rammie]

I'm amazed that nothing seems to have officially gone higher than Heathrow. Didn't they set that record before 1pm?

[James1979]

10 minutes ago, ThundersnowDays said:

amazing! yea most of the amateur stations in the Ouse/Ivel Valley are recording around and over 40.C, it looked like the hottest place yesterday as well from Sandy/Bedford through Huntingdon out to Ely

Since moving here 5 years back, it does seem that little bit hotter and drier than Essex overall - it's also very low lying here so I think that adds a bit on - back in 2019 I had a reading on par with the record and yesterday was it was one of the hotspots again - we need an official weather station in this area! 

[sunnijim]

38c ( Herstomnceux) Sussex record obliterated 

[Durham Weather]

18 minutes ago, Typhoon John said:

Where is the Geography Dept?  I just walked past the Potter's Bank site last week.

I believe it’s on the Science site, off South Road.

Edited July 19, 2022 by Durham Weather

[ShinyDave]

8 minutes ago, Rammie said:

I'm amazed that nothing seems to have officially gone higher than Heathrow. Didn't they set that record before 1pm?

They did, and the 39.1 at Charlwood was pre-noon (!).

So many stations reporting a figure that rounds to 40 that you'd figure there's at least one even higher spot somewhere. Maybe tomorrow, when we hear from stations with manual daily reporting (?), we find that spot. Certainly it sounds like that could be where we turn to for the Scottish record.

[Durham Weather]

2 minutes ago, ShinyDave said:

They did, and the 39.1 at Charlwood was pre-noon (!).

So many stations reporting a figure that rounds to 40 that you'd figure there's at least one even higher spot somewhere. Maybe tomorrow, when we hear from stations with manual daily reporting (?), we find that spot. Certainly it sounds like that could be where we turn to for the Scottish record.

Some climatic stations only report daily, so we won’t know until tomorrow.

[Snowman.]

Off the press!

[The4Seasons]

A Very strange day here today. We started at 23.5c min temp then it rose to 29c by 11am. At midday it went gusty with sw winds then at 13.00pm rain and some scattered storms temp fell to 23c. Now at 16.44pm after the front the temp is back up to 30c and sunny in SE winds. (Following the first front). So it's hot behind it guys at least for a while. I guess the cooler air will follow later this evening. 

[Electricmumma]

5 minutes ago, sunnijim said:

38c ( Herstomnceux) Sussex record obliterated 

I suspected as much, I saw it was showing 37 earlier. Parents in Bexhill recorded 37.2 at 15:16

[snowrye]

1 minute ago, The4Seasons said:

A Very strange day here today. We started at 23.5c min temp then it rose to 29c by 11am. At midday it went gusty with sw winds then at 13.00pm rain and some scattered storms temp fell to 23c. Now at 16.44pm after the front the temp is back up to 30c and sunny in SE winds. (Following the first front). So it's hot behind it guys at least for a while. I guess the cooler air will follow later this evening. 

Indeed, I'm in Minehead for a few days, rain came through, I thought that's it, once it cleared, the temp has shot up very quickly

[ChezWeather]

So glad that Coningsby has got the record, 40.3c and no "iTs nExT tO a RuNwAy" rubbish like there would be if Heathrow retained top spot