31.8'C in Reading - http://www.met.reading.ac.uk/weatherdata/Reading_AWS_weather_report.html

(28.9'C in my office).

Appears to have peaked at 27.5 C about an hour ago, still very impressive for my coastal location and with a sea breeze. I'm in just my shorts sweating bullets.

Peaked at 29.5 C here a short while ago. Patchy cloud has now appeared and is taking the edge off the temperature. SE winds blowing in from the adjacent countryside, so I imagine that the town has been a degree or three hotter than this location  

Ok - so who's won? I don't think we're getting much more heating now, so are the results in. Anyone get 35C on the mainland, or is 34C the number for the day?

Today`s high was 32C.

Cooling down slightly now at 30.3C.

31.2C today ☀️

However having cycled through the city earlier i can say it was locally a damn good deal warmer.. If I was hazard a guess then 34- 35C mark.

Now for the sake of some in here I must stress these would have been very localised inner city temperatures.😋

A fresh bottle of icy cold water from a shop fridge had warmed to air temperature in just over 15 minutes!!!

Reached 34.3c in my garden.

Think Pershore peaked at 33.4c so allowing for non standard exposure, thats seems about right

Also recorded 47.2c on the pavement outside my house - too hot to stand around on in bare feet

Linton on Ouse, 15 miles north of York reached its maximum temperature of the day at the 18:00 hourly reading. It's been above 30C for a good 5-6 hours now.

My PWS reached 35.7C after being over 34.0C for 3 hours this afternoon.

It is in full sunlight at 8 ft high on top of a bird stand.in the middle of my lawn.and will normally reach 2.0c higher than the Stevenson screen about a mile away.

It was very hot out there!.
In the last hour the wind has picked up and has just gusted to 10 kmh, and my temperature has fallen (insurprisingly) to reach 34.8C (much cooler!).
I went out in the car and my car themeometer( reasonably accurate I think) reached the dizzy heights of 33.5C, whilst I was driving along.

Grandad

Edit...

Indoors my temperature is 29.8C (accurate) and rising!!

30.5 reached today earlier this afternoon before the sea-breeze backed NE.  Currently a very pleasant 26.5. Overnight low was 15.1.

Swimming pool temperature at 27c, solar feed running at 32c

Here are Pershore's thermometers...

A couple of screengrabs from the half-six forecast on BBC One:

Last night's low was 13.2C. I suspect it'll fall below 20C tonight, although the official forecast is 22C!

33.5C is slightly above my model based prediction of 33.3C although I thought it would be in Heathrow rather than Brize Norton.

What do people think? I think the met-office did overdo it; however the model consensus of 32-33C with >33C in heathrow early was a bit of an underexageration.

I did think somewhere inland might reach 35C, but I think in hindsight the MetO were wrong to put 35C in their symbols for the forecasts. Most of the ones I watched had the presenters saying "temperatures reaching 33 or 34C in the hottest spots, possibly even 35C" so they weren't that confident it would be reached.

27.4C was the high here though still 24C now
A good breeze picked up by 10am and really it has been rather nice if not doing anything too strenuous

Way down on last year's half-day wonder of 30.2C on 1st July, and today was probably this year's high.

Amazing to see almost all UK over 20C tonight and that never happen to see it all over the country having 20C minimum.  Should save it and shame tomorrow will be cooler than today but if wasn't I am sure 38-40C would be achieved and 36-38C in the north England and 33-35C in Scotland and 32-34C in Ireland.

Reached 30c in central Ireland today and still 27.7c here locally, and with dense cloud now building over to trap in this heat, I think it is going to be a horrible night ahead for sleeping (or trying to)

I recorded 32.0C today.

Depends whether you believe GEM's latest 12z beauty (always my favourite model, as of this evening and until it changes its mind). By early August the N. York Moors will be ravaged by wildfires with temperatures hitting the mid 30s if the 240hrs set-up is anything to go by.

In fact I may just write a note to Robertscribbler now to get him lined up for an apocalyptic post in a couple of weeks time.

I reached 30.3C today just a tad under the 30.7C from yesterday. Probably due to the Increase in wind this afternoon. Humidity was more evident this afternoon as well.