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picturesareme
08 August 2020 15:12:48


Gatwick now 34c


Heathrow 33c


 


Originally Posted by: Ally Pally Snowman 


Looking like they are going to be missing out on todays hot spots title.


It was 33.7C at 3pm at Gosport fleetland which is fairly close to (just across the harbour) to north portsmouth which has managed 35C. I'm waiting for the 4pm hourly update.. it's an official met station to.. I think the hottest spot will be a southern but probably east of here towards Brighton way.

Rob K
08 August 2020 15:18:09


 


I have found the missing figure for 1 July 1976. The reason why it has not appeared in the Torro summary is because the reading was incorrectly logged in the Met Office's own monthly weather summary for July 1976 as occurring on 2 July instead of 1 July. So even the Met Office make mistakes, although they are clearly aware of it!


The date record for 1 July should be correctly stated as 35.0C at North Heath in West Sussex in 1976. I tracked this down in the Met Office archives.


Originally Posted by: Global Warming 


This is the MWR: https://digital.nmla.metoffice.gov.uk/IO_774cbaba-03d9-47e5-b98f-73a36a63e4ff/


Page 145.


Just look at all those stations in the lists. Must be less than half that many nowadays. Tiny villages covered all across the country. 14 across E and W Sussex alone! 


 


Back on topic and 32.8C at Heathrow is the actual reading at 4pm. Not sure if Gatwick has a Met station, but I don't think so. There used to be one nearby at Charlwood but that may be gone too. Another area of the country underrepresented in the Met network.


 


Wiggonholt also reached 34.0C at 3pm but dipped again.

Yateley, NE Hampshire, 73m asl
"But who wants to be foretold the weather? It is bad enough when it comes, without our having the misery of knowing about it beforehand." — Jerome K. Jerome
Rob K
08 August 2020 15:24:53


 


Looking like they are going to be missing out on todays hot spots title.


It was 33.7C at 3pm at Gosport fleetland which is fairly close to (just across the harbour) to north portsmouth which has managed 35C. I'm waiting for the 4pm hourly update.. it's an official met station to.. I think the hottest spot will be a southern but probably east of here towards Brighton way.


Originally Posted by: picturesareme 


Highest hourly official Met ones I have seen are:


Frittenden 34.3 (but we know it hit 34.5)


Wiggonholt 34.0C


Goudhurst 33.8


Gosport 33.7


Herstmonceux 33.5.


 


With Gosport back down again it looks odds on that 34.5 will be the official max.

Yateley, NE Hampshire, 73m asl
"But who wants to be foretold the weather? It is bad enough when it comes, without our having the misery of knowing about it beforehand." — Jerome K. Jerome
Ally Pally Snowman
08 August 2020 15:30:09


 


Highest hourly official Met ones I have seen are:


Frittenden 34.3 (but we know it hit 34.5)


Wiggonholt 34.0C


Goudhurst 33.8


Gosport 33.7


Herstmonceux 33.5.


 


With Gosport back down again it looks odds on that 34.5 will be the official max.


Originally Posted by: Rob K 


 


Goudhurst has got to 34.4c according to Marco Petagna Twitter

Bishop's Stortford 85m ASL.
Bertwhistle
08 August 2020 15:43:36


 


Been staring at 29.9 for the last 20 minutes. It's almost too much to bear.


Originally Posted by: Bertwhistle 


Temperature rising. 31.2C despite a bit more cloud now.

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Gusty
08 August 2020 15:48:51

30.9c here now after a peak of 33.0c.


Despite being a degree cooler it has felt far more uncomfortable.


Yesterdays dewpoints were 12-14c. Today they've been 17-19c

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Heavy Weather 2013
08 August 2020 16:00:31


30.9c here now after a peak of 33.0c.


Despite being a degree cooler it has felt far more uncomfortable.


Yesterdays dewpoints were 12-14c. Today they've been 17-19c


Originally Posted by: Gusty 


Steve, even here the humidity has made it feel so much hotter. The SE does feel more and more cotinental YOY

Mark
Beckton, E London
Less than 500m from the end of London City Airport runway.
picturesareme
08 August 2020 16:05:43


 


Highest hourly official Met ones I have seen are:


Frittenden 34.3 (but we know it hit 34.5)


Wiggonholt 34.0C


Goudhurst 33.8


Gosport 33.7


Herstmonceux 33.5.


 


With Gosport back down again it looks odds on that 34.5 will be the official max.


Originally Posted by: Rob K 


Maybe.. the gosport one occasionally hits UK or regional hot spot and often the end of day figures the metoffice will release are warmer then the automated hourly update. I suspect this is the same with other publicly available metoffice stations so who knows where the  warmest will be.

Rob K
08 August 2020 16:11:37


 


Maybe.. the gosport one occasionally hits UK or regional hot spot and often the end of day figures the metoffice will release are warmer then the automated hourly update. I suspect this is the same with other publicly available metoffice stations so who knows where the  warmest will be.


Originally Posted by: picturesareme 


Generally though the Met tweet out the intermediate readings during the afternoon once they know things are going back down. As they haven't updated on the 34.5 I assume nothing has yet beaten it.


 


Never even reached 30C here although Farnborough was quite a bit warmer at 31.4. Probably an altitude thing.


 


Gatwick was 34C at 4pm and 5pm, so Charlwood could have been in contention but it seems to have vanished from the Met network.

Yateley, NE Hampshire, 73m asl
"But who wants to be foretold the weather? It is bad enough when it comes, without our having the misery of knowing about it beforehand." — Jerome K. Jerome
picturesareme
08 August 2020 16:16:13


 


Generally though the Met tweet out the intermediate readings during the afternoon once they know things are going back down. As they haven't updated on the 34.5 I assume nothing has yet beaten it.


 


Never even reached 30C here although Farnborough was quite a bit warmer at 31.4. Probably an altitude thing.


 


Gatwick was 34C at 4pm and 5pm, so Charlwood could have been in contention but it seems to have vanished from the Met network.


Originally Posted by: Rob K 


More human input perhaps to come later? 


My guess they will update it later and with somewhere like Wiggonholt or Herstmonceux sneaking it... but somewhere in that Surrey east/west Sussex area.

Rob K
08 August 2020 16:19:54

Herstmonceux 33.6C at 5pm, was 33.5 at 4pm but could have spiked up in between.


Wiggonholt also 33.7, up from 33.0 at 4pm.

Yateley, NE Hampshire, 73m asl
"But who wants to be foretold the weather? It is bad enough when it comes, without our having the misery of knowing about it beforehand." — Jerome K. Jerome
picturesareme
08 August 2020 16:26:57


Herstmonceux 33.6C at 5pm, was 33.5 at 4pm but could have spiked up in between.


Wiggonholt also 33.7, up from 33.0 at 4pm.


Originally Posted by: Rob K 


Wiggonholt was 34C @ 3pm :) 


 


http://www.weathercast.co.uk/world-weather/weather-stations/obsid/99185.html


but like you say there could have been a spike.

Ally Pally Snowman
08 August 2020 16:30:00

Sign of a good heatwave when 34.5c is disappointing.

Bishop's Stortford 85m ASL.
Rob K
08 August 2020 16:34:01


 


Wiggonholt was 34C @ 3pm :) 


 


http://www.weathercast.co.uk/world-weather/weather-stations/obsid/99185.html


but like you say there could have been a spike.


Originally Posted by: picturesareme 


Yes it was but then it dropped to 33.0 and then went back up again.

Yateley, NE Hampshire, 73m asl
"But who wants to be foretold the weather? It is bad enough when it comes, without our having the misery of knowing about it beforehand." — Jerome K. Jerome
Heavy Weather 2013
08 August 2020 17:30:47
This heatwave is bringing back memories of 2003.

17 years ago. I had to walk around in a space suite for a music video. The heat was unbearable. I think this was the Wednesday of that Heatwave.

Video Below.


Mark
Beckton, E London
Less than 500m from the end of London City Airport runway.
GezM
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08 August 2020 18:06:47
Big contrast here to yesterday. Quite a breeze kicked in this afternoon and kept temperatures down to around 28C. I'm expecting heat and humidity to increase again tomorrow as the wind swings around from NE to ESE. Upper air temperatures are still very high and are likely to stay as such for a couple more days at least.
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Ally Pally Snowman
08 August 2020 18:15:11

Yes slightly disappointing today but Sunday to Tuesday look good for 35c + somewhere. Maybe even Wednesday as well.

Bishop's Stortford 85m ASL.
Rob K
08 August 2020 18:17:54

6pm synops out. Herstmonceux also reached 34.5C. The other hottest ones don’t appear on the daily synop roundup.


Edit: Met Office tweet appears to confirm a three-way tie with Wiggonholt and Frittenden also on 34.5.

Yateley, NE Hampshire, 73m asl
"But who wants to be foretold the weather? It is bad enough when it comes, without our having the misery of knowing about it beforehand." — Jerome K. Jerome
xioni2
08 August 2020 19:04:06

This heatwave is bringing back memories of 2003.

17 years ago. I had to walk around in a space suite for a music video. The heat was unbearable. I think this was the Wednesday of that Heatwave.

Video Below.

https://youtu.be/jZB8IAftehg

Originally Posted by: Heavy Weather 2013 


It looks like you were preparing for covid well in advance.


Tim A
08 August 2020 19:46:56

This heatwave is bringing back memories of 2003.

17 years ago. I had to walk around in a space suite for a music video. The heat was unbearable. I think this was the Wednesday of that Heatwave.

Video Below.

https://youtu.be/jZB8IAftehg

Originally Posted by: Heavy Weather 2013 


Very random. But poses many questions.


So were you in a noughties ska/punk band or just an actor? 

Tim
NW Leeds
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superteacher
08 August 2020 20:04:41
A bit of a let-down today but some places still exceeded 34!
Looking mush better for tomorrow for a 35/36 day. Or maybe a little more?
Sussex snow magnet
08 August 2020 20:11:04
Where does 34.5 sit on the all time list? We seem to feel let down by something that was exceptional a few years back.
johncs2016
08 August 2020 20:14:39
Here in Edinburgh, the last few days have been warm, but nowhere near as hot as what they have been down south which as is just as well, because those sorts of temperatures which they are getting down there would just be far too hot for me to be able to handle.

It is during yesterday that our temperatures peaked here in Edinburgh but even then, the maximum temperature at Edinburgh Gogarbank was no higher than 22.6°C. That was enough for yesterday to go down as our warmest day of this month so, but was nowhere enough to give us our hottest day of this year, or even our hottest day of this summer.

In addition to that, today was cooler than yesterday with a maximum temperature of just 21.0°C at Edinburgh Gogarbank.
The north of Edinburgh, usually always missing out on snow events which occur not just within the rest of Scotland or the UK, but also within the rest of Edinburgh.
superteacher
08 August 2020 20:15:54

Where does 34.5 sit on the all time list? We seem to feel let down by something that was exceptional a few years back.

Originally Posted by: Sussex snow magnet 


Top 30 I’d say.


 

Rob K
08 August 2020 20:31:10

Where does 34.5 sit on the all time list? We seem to feel let down by something that was exceptional a few years back.

Originally Posted by: Sussex snow magnet 


Would require a lot of digging as there could be some days masked by hotter days on the same date, but from the Torro list and recent records I think there are at least 38 days that have exceeded 34.5.

Yateley, NE Hampshire, 73m asl
"But who wants to be foretold the weather? It is bad enough when it comes, without our having the misery of knowing about it beforehand." — Jerome K. Jerome

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