Make that two blankets and a hot water bottle in Central London at the moment, with the added aroma of sweaty commuters awaiting on the trains home to look forward to.

Right I'm going for Ice creams!

Just hit 30.0c here!

Given that Heathrow had dipped down to 31.9C at 1600, it looks like it won't go higher than 33.5C. Possibly one of the late reporting sites (like Hampton Water Works, for example) may have gone a shade higher.

Heathrow back up to 33c at 5pm clouds must have gone.

Have just done todays video and said todays maximum was 33.5 - Now you watch somewhere come in at 33.6.

Can we view it Gav?

And the storms?

It's uploading now. 6pm to view.

Well I'm disappointed. I was expecting a temperature of at least 30C here when I got home but the car thermometer (which seems quite accurate) is showing only 28.5C.

Is it supposed to be as hot tomorrow?

I am back up at 33.0c after falling to 31.9c around 4.15pm

A direct ESE'ly breeze straight off continental Europe allowed for the once or twice a year 'hairdryer effect' today, whereby the 22 mile sea track causes no modification to the airmass.

Maxed here at 29.2c. Sadly not 30c and equalling my previous record set on 6th August 2009.

Currently 26.4c...its going to be a warm evening and night. 

25.2C here now with the temperature STILL rising, dew point now up to a humid feeling 19.7C, been an odd day 

Reached 30.6c in my garden (30.3c at Pershore College) - unusually, max was a couple of hours after the sun had moved off my garden.  I suspect I'd have hit 32c had the cloud broken earlier.

My son's car is showing 33c and my unshielded sensors are showing exactly 35c but they recorded 35.8c on Friday 19th, so it's not quite the hottest in my sheltered back garden.  It's doing well though considering the sun is hazy and didn't appear until lunch time.  I don't know what the official figure is for here but it will be lower than my readings.

Was that your reading Ian or somewhere else ?

24.4c for a 3pm reading today sounds way too low given the characteristics of the ESE'ly airmass today. I could understand if it was somewhere like Lydd with a much longer sea track today...but it doesnt sound correct for Folkestone. Even Langdon at 120 m asl was knocking in 28c at 3pm ? 

Its a curious reading because WI is on the coast in Dover and managed 29.9c. 

Certainly felt a lot warmer than 24.4C in Folkestone...

The SE Today forecast suggests that temperatures on the SE coast tonight could fall no lower than 22C!

Thanks Twister. 

I hope Ian's often unduly pessimistic view of Folkestone isnt going to start getting mis-represented by unfairly low temperature readings. It's been rumoured that the tourism trade is starting to suffer because of it !