32C now here. 8C left to 40C, my app show 40C in Nuneaton so I screen shot it.

Interesting.

The Metoffice temp chart (updated at 11) shows areas to the west of London edging ahead @31 deg (Benson, Odium).

I also notice that  the sporadic areas of rain, previously  to the West of the IOW, are becoming more organized and drifting eastwards a bit.  Sea breeze front in the making ?

32.5 here at 11:00am

32C here now.

South Cambridgeshire.

11am BST:
Writtle 32.3
St James's Park 32.1
Kew Gardens 32.1

2019 at the same time:
Heathrow 33.1C
Northolt 32.4C
St James's Park 32.4C

So we are a touch lower so far, but 2019 had cloud issues in the afternoon.

30.6C here now

11:15am and 29.7C here in Guernsey, Jersey up to 31.5C.....

MetO forecast for Evesham at 11am was 27c.   Actual figures are 30.4c at nearby Winchcombe and 29.8c at Pershore.  So that's well up on forecast here.  

28.3c which, while not as eye catching as many other areas, is still amazing for our coastal location.

Edit: just found out that Swansea holds the Welsh record for the warmest night at 22.2 in 1948 and this might be beaten tonight.

31c here!

A hot run awaits/

Sadly not as they were only planted this spring, so this year ideally would have been moderately warm, with reasonable rainfall i.e. good conditions for growing foliage rather than the drought and scorching temperatures it's getting.

Am actually a tad worried about the vines as they are not irrigated and the ground is very dry now. First year vines can be quite vulnerable to drought.

31.3 here in Jersey.. The record is on but it will need to pick up the pace I feel... Its very difficult for us to get beyond the low 30's due to our proximity to the sea.
This is where you guys on the mainland will really start to leave us behind.

33.3c here in the Ouse Valley, Cambridgeshire.

The rapid rise has now stopped and the temperature is fluctuating around 30C

What's your record in Jersey?

I remember I was in Guernsey when the July record there was set in 2016 but it just missed out on the all-time.

You will be picking up a direct feed from extremely hot places in Normandy and Brittany to the South though, so I wouldn't be surprised to see Jersey really rocket this afternoon. Only around 33C on the French coast now but will be closer to 40C later. 

The record is 36.7c. From the 2019 heat wave.

Same at the site in Pett Bottom. It's plateaued around 31.5C. Drawing breath for a later surge hopefully.

Wind direction has been SW so far.