After a cloudy start, I nearly put my vest on.Not worn one since beginning  of month..The lady a few doors away is playying with her bubble set and the bubbles are rising well going straight up...So warm enoughh....

The models seem less keen to prolong the proper heat into the weekend now. I really hope that isn't it for summer weather - these past few weeks have been fantastic and I don't want to be shivering in 20C maxes through August.

Originally Posted by: Essan 

If you're shivering in 20c maxes you need to see a doctor!  

Originally Posted by: Rob K 

20C if you're sitting on a beach having just got out of the sea and there's a stiff breeze blowing can feel pretty damn cold! On the other hand when it first reached 20C this year after the months of cold weather it felt very warm.

BTW I think those DP values are way too high. Looking at the offical values it never got above about 20C yesterday. E.g. at Charlwood it maxed at 19.9C in the morning: http://www.ogimet.com/cgi-bin/gsynres?lang=en&ind=03769&decoded=yes&ndays=2&ano=2013&mes=07&day=24&hora=18

I am not sure as they don't have interest to record dp here I think but I experienced 26C dp in the Philippines and Chicago in 2011 and that was very humid and very hot feeling.

I remember back in the late 80's I always felt chilly when I arrive back to the UK after staying in Cyprus for 6 weeks holiday at 35-40C then coiming back at 18-20C in early September reallyi felt cold for few days until I got used to it.  Get a horrible feeling when I put the trousers on for the first time before going to Larnaca airport as I was wearing shorts full time.

blimey sounds a bit kinky to me friend  either that or she is in need of medical attention

Normally with the sea around us should give us constant high dp and warm 20C minimums like in N America does with big landmass. I think the lakes and tropical zone in south and SE USA are the main source for giving out such high dp and minimums that sometimes reach near 30C at night.

Mesh Fly curtain for back door has been put up...Bead curtain still on outside of that...Back door now open and still pleasant...

25.5C feel cool after getting used to 28-32C for over 2 weeks.

MetO has now removed the reference to it becoming hot in the SE before Saturday's thunderstorms arrive:

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Sunny intervals but also scattered showers, mainly at the weekend, some heavy with a chance of thunder. Staying very warm and humid.

Warm spell well and truly over here. Hasn't reached 20C since Friday morning with the wind constantly coming from the worst possible direction (SE). Since late afternoon on Monday it has been utterly execrable with constant cloud, fog, murk and lots of rain. The wettest spell since the pre-Christmas horror show and there is no sign of this filth clearing until at least Friday
 
 
An absolutely disgusting week of weather that is every bit as bad as the worst weeks of the nightmare that was summer 2012. I would say it remains to be seen whether this is just a blip but the reality is that 4th-19th July was more of a blip in a summer that has seen mediocre conditions for the majority of the time so far.

Originally Posted by: richardabdn 

Thanks Richard. It's reassuring to know some things never change

Odd temp fluctuation here - maxed at just over 25C around 3pm, then dropped away. Now shot up to 27C! Just waiting for the next Manston METAR to update, to see if they show a rise too (currently 25C from the 16:20 report)

Got up to 27.7c here in Wolves.

Sorry to hear that.

Yes I think we have to put some things into perspective - not all of us with illnesses can cope in hot/humid weather, a nephew of mine has been suffering with breathing problems over the past few weeks because of it and especially the last few days with the increased humidity. He can't function properly either when the air is very dry/cold or hot/humid. He got taken to hospital a few times during that exceptional cold March due to the sheer dryness of the continental air - it seemed to dry his lungs out too much. He says he enjoys Spring and Autumn the best as that's when he feels most healthy.

Sorry to hear that. Stay as well as you can. And FFS try and stay out of hospital - it's bloody dangerous in there.

Your nephew would had not stand a chance in Canada or NE USA with high levels of humidity or in Death Valley region where humidity go down to single digits every day. 

Agreed and it was 29.8C and 16C so relative speaking it felt cool at 30C!

All the best to you John - can't imagine what a collapsed lung feels like. Hope your recovery is swift

Now then... just popped on here to report that my local sunshine total for July has just exceeded 300 hours, beating 2006's 297.5 hours, which was my previous record for all years back to 2005.

My sunshine values are somewhat approximate but often match the official regional recordings fairly well. What's more, there's still enough of the month left for the total to keep on climbing, so it should be notably above 300 in the end - enough so to give reasonably high confidence that it's gone through that impressive benchmark .

Also worth noting that it's still 18°C outside despite 'only' maxing at 24°C today.

Please keep updating it as the UK offical highest sunshine hours in a month was 383.9 at Eastbourne during July 1911.  My highest sun hours total was 358.30 in July 2006.