There are multiple places that have already recorded temperatures above 30C this morning - far higher than this time yesterday.

By 09:00 it was:

32.4C in Kew Gardens, London
32.2C at Heathrow Airport, London
31.7C in Woburn, Bedfordshire
31.2C in Gwynedd, Wales
For context, at the same time yesterday Kew Gardens and Heathrow were both an astonishing 7C cooler than today.

37.3C Charlwood

more like Charredwood

record is going to go soon

i have finally given in and put my air con on, looking forward to a nice bump in my electricity bill

It's far too warm for me and my puppy today

The UK has experienced its hottest day on record, with the temperature reaching 39.1C in Charlwood, Surrey, according to provisional Met Office figures.

Fry an Egg on your Patio



102F

I can't deny that climate change is gorg :lovedup:

40.2 C Heathrow

such vile heat :bawling:

I’m so ready for winter it’s not even funny

37 here now, 39 due at 4 o clock.
Rather hot.

Carlisle is 34.4C at mo so parts of Scotland are way above the previous record of 32.9C but there are no stations to record it

:oh:

it's pretty much the same temperature here as it was yesterday

It's actually lovely here at the moment, low 20's and a nice breeze coming through my window

The cold front has now passed Cork going East

https://data.consumer-digital.api.me...FSXX00T_12.gif

Good, let it head off to the Dubs :hee:

Low 20s here.

Not sure why the weather thing on the Windows taskbar is so wrong. It's says 'rain on an off' at the moment.

https://www.anpfoto.nl/downloadpictu...reid=451985681

https://www.anpfoto.nl/downloadpictu...reid=451986289

animals in Amersfoort Zoo getting fruit ice lolly's :love:



https://www.anpfoto.nl/downloadpictu...reid=451987028

https://www.anpfoto.nl/downloadpictu...reid=451986975

construction workers in amsterdam having extra breaks


and at the beaches
https://www.anpfoto.nl/downloadpictu...reid=451952380
Zandvoort

https://www.anpfoto.nl/downloadpictu...reid=451996803
Scheveningen



and at the Vierdaagse camping in Malden, near Nijmegen, where the 104th Vierdaagse had been postponed by one day

https://www.anpfoto.nl/downloadpictu...reid=451986698