Thanks Simon. Well Leeds Bradford with its cold bias has reached a perhaps unheard of rounded 30c at 17.20. Can't see a 30c in the historic records.  Leeds weather station could be 2-5c warmer than the airport under sunny conditions . Think record in the centre was 34.4c in 1990.  Given your reading perhaps 33c in the centre,same as Doncaster and Sheffield. 

Originally Posted by: Tim A 

My PWS reached 33.1C in the past hour, now down to 31.1C. Certainly think if Leeds Weather Centre was still open it would have been very hot - one of the hottest and only third time since 1990 to reach 90F. Shame we'll never know - even Church Fenton would have been a good second best. Thanks a lot, Met Office.

Originally Posted by: LeedsLad123 

Heathrow topping out almost as predictable as night following day. 

We got to 31.6c here and noticably more humid today. Wonderful weather, just not for long enough. 

Originally Posted by: Matty H 

Yes I was thinking of you Matty when I got home after midnight last night and it was still warm enough to sit out in the garden with a beer 

There's something about stepping out into that warm air after dark that takes me back to being 19 and up to no good in Tenerife or Ibiza...

Originally Posted by: Rob K 

Officially my hottest recorded day here in Folkestone. 

Records date back to 2007 with my VP2, smashing my previous record of 31.5c set on 1st August 2014.

Max was 33.9c.

Originally Posted by: Gusty 

Still 30.8 C despite the increased cloud cover thus making for a close and sultry evening. I can take or leave the heat if it needs be but my elderly mother is struggling now. I am keeping her going with water and fans but it's not an ideal situation to be honest, so if you don't mind I'd like to have my normal freshness back, please?

Originally Posted by: idj20 

Such extreme heat so early in the season has serious implications for the remainder of the summer; the roasting conditions across NW Europe will need a big push from the Atlantic to clear away, and that's rare in most summers for anywhere south of the UK.

So the heat just sits around and under the strong July sun doesn't relax much, if at all. It can even intensify further. I wouldn't want to be living in souther France right now, for example!

Potentially, by early August the heat could be beyond all comprehension... It depends how soon propet, sustained mobility returns to the Atlantic/Europe sector.

We see little sign of that in current model output, and some long range models keep the mid-Atlantic trough quasi-permanent for most of the month. No surprise to see the GFS 12z toying with another round of heat for the UK starting later next week. In fact the jet seems to go AWOL by day 9.

Bottom line, we need to watch the Atlantic jet and corresponding movement of the the Euro heat very closely this month.

Originally Posted by: Stormchaser 

Apparently Brogdale (Faversham) reached 37.5c - though whether it should be counted is a moot point!

Originally Posted by: Essan 

I work about one mile from Brogdale.  I can assure you it was insanely hot outside in the shade at work today.  Given that I reached a tenth of a degree less than 34 C here on the SE coast, then the reading would seem to me to be entirely credible, and as the OFFICIAL UK record from 2003 of 38.5C still stands, there is no reason to dispute it.

Originally Posted by: Whether Idle 

The whole Brogdale thing has been rumbling on ever since the record was achieved. It's listed on the Met Office site as the highest temperature recorded in the UK, and you can't get much more 'official' than that. As you say, there is no reason to dispute it. I think people should just accept it.

Originally Posted by: Col