Here in Edinburgh, the temperature is now already up to around 23°C as at 12 noon and we don't have to go much higher than that for today to go down as our warmest day of this year so far.

That is now looking almost certain to happen and possibly even within the next hour but as per usual (as we have seen recently), RichardAbdn will no doubt still manage to find something about his local weather which we isn't happy with because at the end of the day, that's Richard for you down to a tee.

37.9C the highest in Spain by 1100Z. Yesterday Merida reached 42.1C and I think that will be comfortably beaten today.

UK highest at noon BST was 26.0C at Chivenor in Devon. Aboyne was reporting 26.2C but I think that must be an error. The corresponding dewpoint was minus 27.4C so something is wrong.

These faulty stations reminds me that during a previous heatwave one of the potential record breakers (Bedford I think?) went offline at the critical time. I wish we had a better and more extensive recording network in this country.

I can confirm that regardless of what happens between now and the end of today, today will now go down as our hottest day of this year so far here in Edinburgh.

As at 1pm BST (12:00 UTC) this afternoon, the temperature at Edinburgh Gogarbank was 23.9°C which already makes today the warmest day of this year so far at that particular station.

However, even that isn't the highest temperature here in Edinburgh. That accolade goes to the botanic gardens in Edinburgh where the temperature at 1pm BST (12:00 UTC) this afternoon was 25.2°C.

Furthermore, there is still plenty of time left for it to get a lot hotter still here.

The Aboyne 27C seems to be legit despite ridiculous reported dewpoint. Met office just tweeted it - Scotland’s highest temp of year so far.

Suppose it could be. Leuchars just to the south is 25.7C. 

Map of 1200Z obs: https://ogimet.com/cgi-bin/gsynop?lang=en&zona=uk&base=bluem&proy=orto&ano=2022&mes=07&day=10&hora=12&vte=Te&Send=send

That's bad luck. I had it in early April and barely noticed it. Fingers crossed you get off lightly - fever plus hot weather is not a good combo.

Edinburgh Airport isn't far behind either with a temperature of 26°C as at 1:50 pm BST (12:50 UTC) this afternoon.

Meanwhile, the temperature at Edinburgh Gogarbank had jumped up even further to 25.2°C as at 2pm BST (13:00 UTC) this afternoon but the botanic gardens in Edinburgh is still the hottest station here with a temperature of 26.1°C as at that same time.

Any temperatures from France. After all the heat has to cross them to get here.

27C here, but with a 16C dewpoint it feels pretty darned hot.

Looks like dewpoints are a fair bit lower further inland.

Montpellier leading the way with 34.9C at 1300Z.

Evora in Portugal has hit 41.0C.

Here's a map of the latest readings across western Europe (you have to edit the URL to change the hourly time, it doesn't auto update).

https://ogimet.com/cgi-bin/gsynop?lang=en&zona=eur0&base=bluem&proy=orto&ano=2022&mes=07&day=10&hora=13&vte=Te&Send=send

And a closer view of Iberia and southern France: https://ogimet.com/cgi-bin/gsynop?lang=en&zona=esp&base=bluem&proy=orto&ano=2022&mes=07&day=10&hora=13&vte=Te&Send=send

A few 34's and 35's down towards the SW.

https://www.weatheronline.co.uk/weather/maps/current?LANG=en&CONT=euro&LAND=FR&REGION=0003&SORT=2&UD=0&INT=06&TYP=tmax&ART=karte&RUBRIK=akt&DATE=--&CEL=C&SI=mph

Thanks Rob.

Thanks Steve.

Here in Edinburgh, the temperature at 3pm BST (14:00 UTC) this afternoon was now up to 26.0°C at Edinburgh Gogarbank and 27.1°C at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh so today is now the first day of this year when a temperature of 80°F or higher has been recorded anywhere here in Edinburgh.

However, the temperature at Edinburgh Airport appears to have now maxed out at 26°C.

On that very day back in 2019 when the UK's highest ever temperature on record was recorded at the botanic gardens down in Cambridge, Edinburgh Gogarbank had its own hottest day on record with a temperature of 31.6°C and yet, the temperature at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh got no higher than 26.2°C on that day, thanks to a breeze from off the North Sea which kept the north of Edinburgh that bit cooler.

This means that today has actually been even hotter at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh than what it was there on that very same day when that famous temperature record was broken at nearby Edinburgh Gogarbank.

Quite remarkable when you think about it.