Max was 18.5 C earlier on this afternoon. The sun is out but temperature is still falling back to 16.7 C.

May have to turn the heating on soon.  

Originally Posted by: Essan 

Oh dear, that isnt good at all

Originally Posted by: Jive Buddy 

That's the understatement of the year! It's been utter, utter, shite down here - 5 days in a row now, with maxes below 20C. It even 43$"££$"ing rained again today!! (2 out of the last 3 days have seen drizzle). I blame it on the chavs and mobility scooters!

Originally Posted by: Gooner 

If it's any consoltation, it's hazy, BBQy and 25.3c here atm, after a max of just 27.3c .......

Originally Posted by: idj20 

I hope bat poo drops from the ceiling of your cave, into your tea!

So near and yet so far... maxed out at 28.0 °C late this afternoon, a mere 0.1 °C below last Sunday's high. If we're going to beat it, then tomorrow will be the day!

But at least I beat you today!

Or the point that it's been very dry up here too and not just the south? 

Glad I'm not there....scorcher! My old  south-facing apartment would have been an oven in those temps,

hard to believe and something i can never remember seeing here. hit 31c for an hour or so locally. now at 22 and sitting with all windows wide open and cant imagine how i'm ever going to sleep in this heat. still hear the children over the back playing outside. incredible and brilliant

you're just about in the southern half of the uk 

I'm just about in the central part of the UK, not the southern half. 

Oldham's in the middle half

Interesting point about the dry ground Nick... can't see any evidence of the TV forecasts modifying the model output to reflect that though; GFS shows 32°C max and the TV forecasts call for the same.

What I don't get is why the BBC/Met Office aren't showing temps near to 30°C down here for Sunday through to Tuesday, given that GFS shows that and ECM is if anything that little bit hotter in terms of the upper air temperatures.

As I've said before (well, implied at least), I think I'd need a degree in understanding the Met Office before I could figure out the true logic that takes place

Well if that's the case you southerners can't say it's grim "up north" then about here  anyway I'd say somewhere like Macclesfield/Stoke on Trent/Chesterfield is the beginning of "southern UK"  but you and others have a right to say I'm a southern UK resident, that's fine, we all have our own opinions, but in my view I'm a Northern Englishman and live in the central part of the UK. and I'll stick to that for good and always think that. If you said to another Oldham resident they live in the Southern or South of the UK they'd look at you like you're losing the plot and tell you to "bugger off". 

Expect lots of posts on here today...Just Hot and Sultry...Will be interesting Midday And Evening....Hot at  o6:00 now 26.8c by my reading... 

I watered the garden at midnight last night in my boxers - it was 20°C. That is unheard of here.

Currently 21.6°C.

Ludicrous.

Crazy.

I love it!

Not so here, 15.4 C with low cloud with the hills to the north of the town being hidden by mist.

This is the north east-facing view taken from the back of my house about ten minutes ago:



It really is grim as that, but hopefully the sun will eventully burn through in a bit.

Sounds great Matty. Enjoy it. It must be amazing. 

Ian's photo says it all....I'm heartbroken . We may scrape 19c today if the sun does break through. GFS temperature projections could well have proved correct after all.

This is the price we have had to pay for the very cold spring.

Now heading to Tescos for the day's lager and crisps supply, and it's 22.6°C! :)