Scorchio...

[Wowbagger]

Well, I had my swim and it was lovely. I was in the water by 5.30am, a few minutes after sunrise but I couldn't see the sun because it was behind the houses to the north. By 6am, the beach was getting crowded, including a sizeable group who looked as though they had arrived for the day, complete with folding chairs.

When I got up the temperature was 20.6°C. It's now 28°C at 7.25am. Yesterday, it was 25°C at 8.23am, and the maximum was 35.9°C. This does not augur well for the rest of the day. Thunderstorms are forecast for around midnight tonight, followed by a fairly sharp drop in temperature. I do hope they materialise. So far this month, we have had no measurable rain.

[rogerzilla]

Didn't cool indoors overnight.  Outside temp almost up to inside temp, and it's 0730.

[Kim]

Yep, I've just closed the downstairs windows.  Might get another half an hour before I have to close the upstairs ones...

Whatever cooling we got overnight (I slept downstairs so we could keep a window open) has been cancelled out by the temperature rise over the last two hours.

[Polar Bear]

It feels warmer (no thermometer here) than this time yesterday, but ...

... there are a small number of clouds providing occasional relief,

... there is a definite breeze currently providing cooling through from east to west,

... the weather is forecast to break with rain and potential thunderstorm forecast for around 7pm.

Although the forecast maximum temperature is higher the "feels like" is a couple of degrees lower today.

We can but hope.

[Legs]

Brought a camping mattress out from under the spare room bed, and slept on the living room floor last night (top floor where our bedroom is gets very hot).  Just had a sheet over me and woke up a bit chilly at 4am which allowed me to go around the house, opening the windows and doors in preparation for today.

[rafletcher]

When I went to bed, the bedroom was 31C. This morning it was 27C, exactly the same as outside when I drove to work.

[Kim]

And there we are, outside temperature has reached the upstairs temperature of 27C.  Time to switch this off, close some windows and try to sleep for a bit.

[ElyDave]

6am my kitchen was at 26.8, outside in the shade, a mere 24.2.  patio doors and curtains closed by 0730 as it was warm outside as in. I've shaded the all-glass back door into my office, and closed the window. At 8am it is already 28.3C in here.

We had about 1 minute of light rain last night, by the time I'd heard it, got up and went to go ans stand in it, it had already stopped.

[Wowbagger]

30°C at 8.10am.

[rogerzilla]

I'm almost tempted to go into the office for the aircon...but not that much.

[Wowbagger]

30°C at 8.10am.

31°C at 8.47am. That puts us 2h 30m ahead of yesterday...

[Wowbagger]

30°C at 8.10am.

31°C at 8.47am. That puts us 2h 30m ahead of yesterday...

32°C at 8.58am.

[PaulF]

I'm almost tempted to go into the office for the aircon...but not that much.

I wouldn't bother, one of my colleagues has emailed me complaining that the office is too cold!

[rogerzilla]

Grant Shapps (if that is his real name) says millions of miles of roads will need to be resurfaced.

There are 247,500 miles of road in GB, and I doubt NI has the other millions.

[ElyDave]

I'm almost tempted to go into the office for the aircon...but not that much.

I wouldn't bother, one of my colleagues has emailed me complaining that the office is too cold!

There were tales of people with blankets on their feet from our office, all the while contributing to the urban heat island effect

[Wowbagger]

30°C at 8.10am.

31°C at 8.47am. That puts us 2h 30m ahead of yesterday...

32°C at 8.58am.

33°C at 9.40am

[Mr Larrington]

Grant Shapps (if that is his real name) says millions of miles of roads will need to be resurfaced.

There are 247,500 miles of road in GB, and I doubt NI has the other millions.

But do Michael Green, Sebastian Fox and Corinne Stockheath (below) agree with him?

[Jaded]

The turbo trainer fan has been relocated to the office. Currently on Setting 1, but I have the remote control at the ready.

[Pingu]

Yay, cloud!

25°C inside, 26°C outside.

[Paul H]

Grant Shapps (if that is his real name) says millions of miles of roads will need to be resurfaced.

There are 247,500 miles of road in GB, and I doubt NI has the other millions.

He's probably including the drives and roads on the Tory estates.

[phantasmagoriana]

Cooler and overcast here this morning - I went for a brief walk around 8am and even got rained on a little!

The forecast for these parts has been revised downwards, so shouldn't be as hot today as it was yesterday (31°C was yesterday's max, and today's looks to be 28-29°C).

[mike]

3 fans in the spare room here, trying to get some work done... Am already resorting to my favourite hot weather fix - soaking my hiking trousers in cold water, then putting them on and pointing a fan at my legs under the desk.  Amazing.

[Polar Bear]

Aaaasrgh!  Telephone appointment with GP this morning.   He has asked me to attend in person at 11:20.

Bugger.  🔥🥵🔥🥵🔥

[andrewc]

It rained briefly overnight in Liverpool, but it hasn't cooled anything down.  29°C at my desk and 31°C outside on the balcony. 


There is no cover on the front window,  I have a roller blind propped in the corner that I've been meaning to fit for the last 3 years!       If this carries on I think I'll get some of the shiny insulated bubble wrap stuff & cut it to fit the balcony windows, like the van dwellers do.

[Wowbagger]

30°C at 8.10am.

31°C at 8.47am. That puts us 2h 30m ahead of yesterday...

32°C at 8.58am.

33°C at 9.40am

34°C at 10.24am