4pm update (1500Z):
Santon Downham 38.1C
Cambridge airport 38C (r)
Cavendish 37.7C
Lakenheath 37.6C
Cambridge NIAB 37.4C
Stansted 37C (r)
Monks Wood 36.8C
Kew Gardens 36.7C
Writtle 36.7C
Hawarden 36.6C - new Welsh record, reclaimed from Gogerddan!
Woburn 36.6C
Wellesbourne 36.6C
St James's Park 36.5C
Northolt 36.4C
Remember these are just hourly readings, not maxima.
36C as far north as Humberside airport. Crazy.
Originally Posted by: Rob K