I got to 24C today which was at least 4 degrees more than we thought we'd get. A high humidity as well.

Went up to 28C today and I was right 2 days ago that my mind prediction to be 27-28C today, 33C tomorrow and 35C on Friday. 

I was about to say that might be over doing it - But you never know.

Yesterday heavy rain hit Slough area more than Epsom as it was 7.1mm and 1.5mm in Epsom, so the soil in my garden which I dug it up on Monday morning after the unexpected heavy rain on Sunday night had dried up quickly which help today temps to be higher.  I asked my brother how the soil condition and said it dry completely so that good thing to see how high the temps be reached in the next 2 days.  Best way to dry out the soil quickly by digging it up and watch how it dry quickly under the sun and winds otherwise a damp undug soil would keep the temperatures above cooler.

Already 21.0C going to be a warm one today but I think it will be tempered later by thick sea fog patches.

Already feeling very warm and muggy - I can see myself recording today as being the hottest day of the year for my back yard (going for 28 C this afternoon - assuming the Channel sea fog doesn't come racing in too soon!).

32c at 2pm at Heathrow and Northolt could well be the hottest day of the year today

Been unable to get onto this site all day

Currently around 31 degrees and haven't seen a cloud all day. Shame I'm stuck in the office!

Got to 27.2C here which is the warmest I've recorded, dropping quite quickly now.

Pershore 30.5c at 13z - and Evesham High St is like a Death Valley ghost town ......

Had a 31.5C.  At 14:07.....

Had difficulty getting on here as well. It's possible YD has sabotaged the servers as its so warm

Anyway, the brief plume has me at 29.5'C here, very close to my highest this year. Humidity at 55% making it feel sticky despite the fresh wind

Doubt it will beat the 33.5C high. There is quite a breeze out there. Very pleasant though to sit out at lunchtime in London with the warmish wind making the temperature just about perfect. Doesn't feel humid or sticky at all here 

Pershore 31.3c at 16z - so officially the warmest day of the year in this part of the country.   And I rather suspect my garden will have easily beaten the 31.6c I recorded on 13th July

My station which is situated in my little suntrap of a garden is recording 34.9 right now (it recorded a max of 35.3 on 22nd July). A more sheltered sensor in deep shade has 32.5. The one in full sun shows 37.6!

Yes the 30Cs are more widespread today than they were at the peak of the heat in July, when it was very much confined to the SE. Nowhere is showing a rounded max of 34C just yet so looks like 33.5C hasn't been breached but it will be close!

Either way it will get the August CET off to a flier!

i managed a max of 32.0c @3.30pm not quite the highest of the year here. 

My car showed either 33.0C or 33.5C all the way home (a journey of 12 miles along little country roads and a bit of dual carriageway). My back garden sensor is showing 33.4C and I see no reason to disbelieve it! Staggeringly hot for here, it's only the second time in my 33-year life that it's been this warm here. The other time was the 10th August 2003 and it's no surprise that conditions are virtually the same as that day - SSE'ly breeze, 20C 850s etc.

EDIT: Dewpoint is 20C here and it's an absolute stinker for getting anything done. Even the heat fans are moaning now!

Nice try! Matty will be moaning because its too cold