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westv
12 August 2024 11:35:30

Hah, the surgery's not changed since at least the 80s, and I suspect before. They still have the same old bench seating from 40 years ago, taped up with gaffer tape...

The nurse who I was seeing about my blood pressure was wearing a short-sleeved shirt, and no wonder... it was boiling in there!

Originally Posted by: Retron 


Bad timing making an appointment for today!
At least it will be mild!
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Windy Willow
12 August 2024 11:36:37
30c achieved here in the last 30 or so minutes, dewpoints 21c , there's also some cloud about, again.
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westv
12 August 2024 11:38:52
From a high of 27c in Hull my phone app now says 20c - I feel there's an error somewhere even though it has clouded over.
At least it will be mild!
Retron
12 August 2024 11:51:44
First, and hopefully last, 32 of the year here.

32.2, dew 22.9.

This is pretty remarkable, really, as temperatures seldom get far into the 30s this close to the coast - normally a sea breeze sets in around the 30 mark, skewing the typical SE'lies NE'ly, but not this time... the steering flow is from the south, soon to veer SSW, and that's completely cancelled the breeze.

It's definitely a day to be indoors, hunkering down away from the heat and, more importantly, the humidity. (The doctor's surgery had the flaw of leaving their door open, so all the heat/humidity just swept right in. On a day like today, you want as little in-out transfer of air as possible. Same goes for my neighbours over the road, with their windows wide open... hope they enjoy the 32C air that'll be wafting inside!)
Leysdown, north Kent
Rob K
12 August 2024 12:11:05
32.4C at Lakenheath, so the hottest day of the year so far (and probably for good). And 90F finally breached, for the 14th year in a row.

Edit: also 32.4C at Wisley, and 32.5C at Iver the front runner.
Yateley, NE Hampshire, 73m asl
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Ally Pally Snowman
12 August 2024 12:13:00

32.4C at Lakenheath, so the hottest day of the year so far (and probably for good). And 90F finally breached, for the 14th year in a row.

Originally Posted by: Rob K 


I don't think the Met O count Lakenheath not sure why. Cambridge NIAB though has also got to 90f 32.3c
Bishop's Stortford 85m ASL.
Essan
12 August 2024 12:20:14
32.5c at Iver at 12z
Andy
Evesham, Worcs, Albion - 35m asl
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ozone_aurora
12 August 2024 12:25:23
27 C in Sheffield, but cloudy.
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12 August 2024 12:30:55
32.4 at 1200 UTC at Wisley Automatic and Lakenheath RAF. Other 32s around London and Cambridge but these are the highest I've spotted.
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Retron
12 August 2024 12:36:19
Hit 33.0 here earlier, with the fan in the Davis weather station busily whirring away... a little earlier than forecast by the Met Office, if anything.
The wind, little though there is, is still (just) east of south, and the dewpoint remains between 22 and 23.
Leysdown, north Kent
scillydave
12 August 2024 13:00:24
Hottest part of the day at this time of year is usually between 3 and 4pm so there's plenty of time for a 35c yet I think.
My guess is that it'll top out at between 34.8c and 35.2c.
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Rob K
12 August 2024 13:06:36
33C at London City.
Cloud has returned here in Hants, certainly taken the edge off the feel of the heat.
Yateley, NE Hampshire, 73m asl
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tierradelfuego
12 August 2024 13:08:16
After a short unexpected shower at 5am, and another at 11:30, the sun is working hard now to recover temps and the current and max is 29.8c

The dewpoint is 22.9c so only a couple of points below the 23.1c max I have recorded here - weirdly that was last September, but likely to go today I reckon.
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Rob K
12 August 2024 13:27:40

33C at London City.
Cloud has returned here in Hants, certainly taken the edge off the feel of the heat.

Originally Posted by: Rob K 


And just 20 minutes later it is back to clear if slightly hazy blue. Strange day with sudden lurches from clear sky to full overcast and back.
Yateley, NE Hampshire, 73m asl
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Kev71
12 August 2024 13:30:16
25c and cloudy here in Sheffield, 73% Humidity
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Rob K
12 August 2024 13:55:11

And just 20 minutes later it is back to clear if slightly hazy blue. Strange day with sudden lurches from clear sky to full overcast and back.

Originally Posted by: Rob K 


Probably arrived at Heathrow - temp dropped 1.5C in 20 mins, from 32.8 at 1300Z to 31.3 at 1320Z.
Yateley, NE Hampshire, 73m asl
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doctormog
12 August 2024 14:02:04
Up to 15.4°C here now (and the flooding is subsiding).
Aberdeen
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Bolty
12 August 2024 14:14:19
The cloud hung on for too long here, only allow it to reach 23.3°C this morning. Now cooler and brighter weather is moving in from the west and it's dropped to 18.9°C.
Scott
Blackrod, Lancashire (4 miles south of Chorley) at 156m asl.
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Tim A
12 August 2024 14:17:08
High of 25.0c and has been 24c and cloudy most of afternoon , but suddenly dropped to 20.0c. 
Tim
NW Leeds
187m asl

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Retron
12 August 2024 14:19:35
So, so envious of the two posters above. The sun's still beating down, of course, and the heat has reached the inner leaf of the cavity wall, such that the whole wall is effectively a massive warm radiator.

I'm now going into full defensive mode - targetting my portable a/c in one room only, as the rest are now becoming uncomfortably warm... 24 to 29C in the various rooms in the house at the moment, 33.1 / dew 22.6 with a high so far of 33.6.

I feel for those who've left their windows open, they'll now have a house in the mid 30s!
Leysdown, north Kent
Rob K
12 August 2024 14:19:44
Cambridge NIAB has surged ahead with 33.9C
Yateley, NE Hampshire, 73m asl
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Heavy Weather 2013
12 August 2024 14:32:34
I left my flat this morning at it was 26.8C. I suspect when I get home it will be in excess of 29C. At unpleasant evening awaits. Its such a shame we don't get storms after these plumes, at least the air would mix a bit and the rain would cool things down.
Mark
Beckton, E London
Less than 500m from the end of London City Airport runway.
westv
12 August 2024 14:38:23
27c in Hull now. I think I saw 30c forecast somewhere. We aren't getting there today.

At least it will be mild!
Retron
12 August 2024 14:40:44

I left my flat this morning at it was 26.8C. I suspect when I get home it will be in excess of 29C. At unpleasant evening awaits. Its such a shame we don't get storms after these plumes, at least the air would mix a bit and the rain would cool things down.

Originally Posted by: Heavy Weather 2013 


That's what gets me - in the old days we'd have had a cracking natural fireworks display tonight, as the plume cleared away. Instead we'll get... nothing, except very sweaty! I don't envy you in your flat - I hope you're not on the top floor, and I hope you have two aspects so can at least try for a through-breeze tonight.

Incidentally here, against all the odds, a sea breeze has set up! The temperature's gone down over 2C in the past 15minutes... and now, while I'm typing this,  it's going back up again, as the breeze veers back to the south. Pah, that raised my hopes and dashed them most expertly! (It was 31.3 when I started typing this, now it's 31.7 a couple of minutes later. That sea breeze is potent IF you can get it!)
Leysdown, north Kent
Rob K
12 August 2024 14:48:58

27c in Hull now. I think I saw 30c forecast somewhere. We aren't getting there today.

Originally Posted by: westv 


UKV had 35C only just across the Humber. A long way off.
Yateley, NE Hampshire, 73m asl
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