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    Here we go then! I love a weather record.

    Currently 26.1C in North Surrey with a lovely cooling breeze.

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      Very pleasant in Manchester now, nice breeze helping things.

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        Ah, shorts at work. Still, I'll probably get frostbite with our air con...

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          I was sweating all day, met Ms F at 5 for tea- sat by an open window but with not a breath of air.

          So the aircon in the cinema (Varda by Agnès) was a huge relief at first but I ended up coughing and protecting my chest with a tote bag

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            Some geeky data from Netweather, Heathrow measuring station was showing 33.1c at 11am.

            Essentially all down to cloud cover now, but hard to see the 2003 record not being beaten today...

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              The breeze has died down here but the temperature is only climbing quite slowly, currently at 28.8C.

              According to the Beeb, Heathrow reached 31.6C by 10am so we're well on course for the record.

              The really high readings tend to come in early from Wisley, Kew and the West London airstrips but then somewhere in North Kent tops them all much later in the day.

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                Kew Gardens reported as hitting 34C before noon.

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                  Current reading for Royston - 35.7C. And climbing...

                  Edit - unofficial, but knowing the person taking the readings likely pretty damn accurate.

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                    Relentless temperature climb. The July record will be broken in the next hour at this rate. Feeling much warmer and humid up here now...

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                      Yeah, see this temp chart. Very limited decrease in the gradient so far.

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                        The temperature has bounded up to 31.1C in my back garden. I'll be fascinated to see what it tops out at today.

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                          Clouds are starting to appear more and more, affecting the best area for the record to be broken. As things stand, Cambridge looks a good bet location wise....

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                            So, 32.1C at 1pm.

                            I'm giving serious consideration to having a cold drink.

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                                Wimps the lot of youse!

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                                  Originally posted by Sporting View Post
                                  Wimps the lot of youse!

                                  Pah!

                                  I bet you put an overcoat on when the temperature drops below 20C!

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                                    The locals do, yes...and me a jumper.

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                                      Originally posted by Sporting View Post
                                      Wimps the lot of youse!
                                      The woman sitting next to me is from Madrid. At the courses I'm responsible for there are about 20 people from all over Spain from Cadiz to Barcelona, (including a couple from Murcia and Alicante). All of them are wilting in this heat. The temperature may not be that high but combined with humidity and all the rest of the way that the UK is built for cold weather (building construction, no air conditioning, carpets everywhere etc)

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                                        Heahtrow at 36.9 so July record is broken....

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                                          Max according to the unofficial Royston weather station is now 38.6C. As of three minutes ago. It's still going up as well.

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                                            Ooooo.

                                            Doesn't the Met Office recognise it and if not, why not?

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                                              You all have my sympathies. 39C in Britain will not be like 39C in a place that has dry air. And is not like 39C in a place that's used to hot weather and therefore has decent air-con, or houses and a culture built to deal with serious heat. It'll be miserable in a way that 39C is not miserable here.

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                                                Quite a bit of cloud in my neck of the woods but we're still up to 34.7C.

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                                                  Hmmmmm - my back garden readings are now 39C+ which I presume is a mis-reading, or at least I really hope it is!

                                                  Although the measurement device is cheap and cheerful I calibrate it against official readings at a nearby weather station and it usually seems to match up.

                                                  Interesting.

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                                                    37.9 at Heahtrow, one last push....

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