18z synops - station reported 30c+

Hottest day of the year here, topping out at 30.5 °C. (Previous: 30.0 °C on 13th & 18th July.)

Manchester Airport had a rounded figure of 30C, but Rostherne only hit 29.1C, which is below the values reached in July.

A very warm 26c here.

The sultry feeling is now kicking in over here, especially with temperatures at 25.9 C (actually risen from 25.3 an hour ago!) and 66% humidity giving a dewpoint of 19.1 C.
It's like something out of "It ain't half hot, mum" in here with rivulets of sweat dribbling down the back of my legs. The last time I had that was when I was working in my former tomato greenhouse workplace.
  Skies are quite clear now, and at this point I've decided there is no point in looking out for any possible storm-related activity tonight.

Heathrow ended up recording 34.2c in the end very impressive.

Its still 30c in London at 9pm

Max today in my garden was within a whisker of 32C.

It felt hot sticky and unpleasant.

No more of this for the rest of the Summer please, that's enough for one year

Maximum in my garden was 30.1C late this afternoon, but it`s cooled down to 21.7C now.

Fantastic conditions tonight. The cloud was stubborn this morning but broke in the afternoon sending temps rocketing. Think it was 29C. Conditions tonight are lovely...warm and humid...t-shirt off in the garden past darkness and still feeling warm. If only we had more days like today.

Updated highest 32.7c @ 5.20pm currently its going to be a hot night as its still 26.1c outside!

Amazing. Not to my taste but incredible nonetheless - 22.15 and the temp is 25c with a DP of 18c.

Max of 34.2C here and will wait for another 30mins to talk to my brother online to let me know what the temps outside now.  28C on my car temps at 9.30pm and that beat last month 27C at 9.30pm time.  Really amazing day today with truly hot air blasting around instead of cooler sea breeze type. 

I am sure the sea temps over the channel would see big rises as the hot air flow over it.

got to 32.6c hottest for along time , ore than likely be the hottest day this year for MBY

Today's maximum of 34.2C beats the 34.1C set on 25th July 2006. So we have to go back to 19th July 2006 and the 36.5C at Wisley (highest July temperature on record) to find a warmer day in the UK.

Reached a very impressive 32.2C here today. Warmest day locally since 1 July 2009 when it hit 32.6C.

With no gradual build up occuring, today was a classic example of the blowtorch effect that can produce dramatic rises in temperature across a relatively short period.

It's even more marked here, as temps have already dropped to 17.4°C from a high of 30.2°C at 5:15pm. During home-grown hot weather the temperature is usually holding up into the 20's still. In this case, the blowtorch is shifting away east, with fresher air starting to work it's way in - but thanks to higher night-time humidity values (typical occurance) it's hardly noticeable yet in terms of comfort indoors.

Tomorrow IMBY looks to be anything from 20°C to 24°C depending on which model/forecasting institution you refer to... a one day roaster but perhaps very pleasant in the following days

Bournemouth can be fantastic when there's a blowtorch from the south, good to hear you had a good day Matty Abdul

Must say, I couldn't stop staring at my own arms after spending many hours cycling in strong sunshine. When working at home to distant deadlines, spotting a day like this almost a week in advance leads to very effective management of workloads Daresay I needed the break after the past couple of days, which had me indoors a lot of the time due to my arch enemy, Dr. Drizzle

here , here no gradual build of heat like 2003 , one does wonder if it wasnt to break could 100f of been reached tomorrow ? interesting thought to ponder on