Phew! Wot a scorcher (2019)!

[6Foot2]

Rain! We have rain. Not stormy (yet?) but quite heavy. Mrs P stood out in the rain, and she reports that it was COLD!

[Norphy]

Thunder and lightning here in Bromley. Short and sharp downpour but has stopped now.

[hardtailstar]

Thunder and lightning in SE Kent.

[6Foot2]

It seems to be quite lively over the channel right now:

 

Link: Real Time Lightning Map

 

[DrBeaker]

Temp today in my temp office

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp6L_D4lz7g

[XiJ]

Mid 30’s here in south York’s. I spent the morning on the home office which a window open all night. Once the sun came around it was Into the office to make best use of the air con. It will be cold tomorrow - I bought a floor fan due to arrive tomorrow

[hardtailstar]

It seems to be quite lively over the channel right now:

 

Link: Real Time Lightning Map

 

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Very lively last night!!

 

Went for a drive about midnight to basically use the air con in my car as it was still 30 degrees. As I drove to the next motorway junction the lightning was all over the place on the M20 near Folkestone!

[HTCPCP]

Thunderstorm in central london right now! Still rather muggy, but trains seemed back up to normal levels today, but that may be due to the number of cancellations

[ICTDirect_Dave]

I survived football!

 

Was a horrible, sweaty mess by the end of the hour but managed to score one, assist another and not have a heart attack all in 32 degree heat!

[smurfomatic]

I survived football!

 

Was a horrible, sweaty mess by the end of the hour but managed to score one, assist another and not have a heart attack all in 32 degree heat!

 

I went to touch rugby training - as only a few adults turned up, we "helped" with the junior session. That meant (for me) running around, refereeing a load of 12 and 13 year olds. Hard work doesn't quite cover it...

[elsiegee40]

UK heatwave: Was Thursday the hottest day on record?

 

Thursday was the UK's hottest July day on record, with temperatures reaching 38.1C (100.6F) in Cambridge.

 

But was it the UK's hottest day ever?

 

While the Met Office says we can be sure it's the second hottest, it won't be able to confirm what is apparently its highest reading until next week.

 

Provisional figures released on Friday revealed a peak of 38.7C at Cambridge University's Botanic Gardens. If verified, that squeaks past the UK all-time high of 38.5C, reached in 2003.

 

Unlike the other weather station readings that report instantaneously, Cambridge University's Botanic Gardens' only reports at the end of the day - that's why it took the Met Office until Friday to release the provisional figure.

 

Alex Burkill, a meteorologist at the Met Office, explained any reading that challenges the all-time record should be carefully vetted.

 

He says each of the UK's weather observation stations is checked over every two years to make sure everything is still in good working order.

 

"Thermometers should be in shade and in ventilation," he said.

 

"The last time that the [Cambridge University's Botanic Gardens] site had this check was the end of 2017.

 

"Because of the sensitivity of this reading, because it's the highest temperature ever recorded in the UK, we want to double check."

[hardtailstar]

Still hot here!

[3s-gtech]

Over in the West here, it has been rather pleasant really. Not hit anywhere like the highs, but we’ve had some great weather. Don’t think it’s gone over 25 degrees. Was about 22 this evening, good weather to run in.

 

Looks like rain coming in to spoil the English champs in Sport City this weekend annoyingly!

[hardtailstar]

Hot and raining. Temperature around 20 degrees all day!