That was posted at 12.03am 

IMBY had a brief temp jump to 39.2c at circa 12:20, bounced around in the 38s for a while but dropped last little while and now wobbling around 36.9/37c.

Quite a strong breeze has developed - not sure if that helped with temps and dragged some hotter continental air up, or hindered by mixing it up too much.

I imagine you can knock a degree or two off those temps but even so pretty high. 

Looking forward to the first cold front moving through and cooling things down so they're merely uncomfortable

The trend is not my opinion.

Has the heat got to you?  I'm reporting 40.3C 20 miles or so from you.  

Its was at midnight yes  Was hoping we'd stay over 25 but london temperatures dropped surprisingly more compared to surrey area

Yes - I realised - deleted now.

Well, best outlaw any debate on it then, its settled!! 

I'd like to put on record that I am not expressing a view either way on the GW debate. I simply do not have enough information or access to data on what is an enormous topic, and simply cannot be expressed in a few words on an internet forum.

However, trying to belittle and shut people down for saying as much is a very dangerous precedent.

Haha, I could have written this exact post (except we only have 1). She has been lying in the shade panting, I have given her a frozen water bottle wrapped in a towel but she won't really lie on it. I tried misting her with water but she just flinches and looks annoyed. She used to have a burrow she had dug in the garden, but we had to move her a few weeks ago due to building works starting! I feel bad about that as it would be a lot cooler underground.

BTW John your inbox is full!

eh why are people quoting my post from 12.03 am. Ruislip temp at MIDNIGHT was 23C. It's over 39C right now!!!

Yes in the Garden many times and really amainzg to feel the Nicosia average summer day.  Indoors now 35-37C and all the stuff is warm when you touch.

I've tried all of that! They don't lie on the frozen bottles!

I've just bought them in and given them the kitchen floor.🤷‍♂️

No, in  the opinion of just about every recognised scientist and now 99.9% of politicians and normal people who believe in evidence based facts. Nut not for an argument on here, just go outside and measure the temperature. 

I once experienced 44c in Nicosia. Cray hot, but today is really pushing it here in the UK. Incredible!

TBF, the 'trend' is over a very short period of time in the grand scheme of the planet. But nevertheless, a trend is a trend

Are you doing nothing to try to keep the temperature inside cooler??

If that can be classed as official then that is a new record. No reports yet of anything over that - Things seem to have peaked.

Anyway we've hit 40C.

We both made the same mistake Brian - that was at 3.00 am   The heat's got to us !

This is true and I will swerve back on topic to say this morning’s trend of falling temperatures in NE Scotland is being reversed currently but I suspect it may be too late to get a new record in that part of the world today?

That may well be the case. But science is about questioning well held beliefs. Its how science works. Its how we further our knowledge. Just because the consensus says its right doesn't mean it is right. In this case it may well be 'right', but there is still value in questioning it in order to further understanding. Surely people can see that?

No chance, it's a mix of psychological projection and laziness. Untrustworthy people always assume they're being lied to, so EU bad, Covid just the flu, climate change made up - pretty much 100% correlation. On the other hand tell them everything's fine and they will dig like rabbits for proof it isn't 🙂 - and lazy people will look for excuses why something isn't happening or even if it is, why there's nothing you can do

He's probably doing the opposite and has the oven switched on all day with its door open.

Anyway back on topic, I seem to be stuck at 39.7c. 

'Stuck' haha - I just want to see 40c as we are so close!