Here are some BBC forecasts from that very hot week during July 2006 peaking on the 19th.

One of the hottest Countryfile forecasts ever broadcasted from 16th July


From 17th July 2006 and Lousie Lear makes a prediction what the tabloids will have on their front pages the next day


The great Rob McElwee from 18th July 2006


Alex Deakin and the peak of the heatwave on the 19th July with 36.5C at Wisley

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Some things never change though. It's interesting to see that the forecast totally missed the 30°C (29.8 I think) max here on the 18th!

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Indeed, that's when it reached 36 C here at Folkestone (and I have accepted that as an "official" reading). It was as if Hell on Earth had arrived as I was at work in a tomato greenhouse on that morning. However, I managed to get away at 12 pm before the worse of the heat kicked in by mid-afternoon.
  Thankfully the heat relented the next day as it fell back down to 30 C, which felt a lot fresher in comparison!

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20th July 2006


21st July 2006


22nd July 2006. Anyone remember the daytime darkness that accompanied the cluster of thunderstorms? This is footage from Trent Bridge in Nottingham and how dark it was.

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[quote=KevBrads1;522607]20th July 2006
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trNWype6jqM

21st July 2006
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zkzQ9QZd9w

22nd July 2006. Anyone remember the daytime darkness that accompanied the cluster of thunderstorms? This is footage from Trent Bridge in Nottingham and how dark it was.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6Nlo1oC3jw[/quote]

Blimey how dark was that

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