Well that's the end of that.

Near Heathrow and my indoor thermometer by the front door says 42degrees.

Thank god me and my cats are flaked out in room with air conditioning.

It's raining here, we didn't notice and the towels are still out on the line! ?

Honeysuckleberries ?
My tablet tells me it's half that temperature here although I think it's still very warm and stuffy.

The wind is getting up here in North Yorkshire but it's still in scorchio territory.

welbeck ?

I will Google the news

35C here with it not falling below 20C tonight.

I love it but normality is apparently returning tomorrow. Perhaps we'll have a change of news drama.

I heard that more than 20 areas have reached 40 today

That rain!! huh, it was 2 drops on my window. It is still hot but not killing me now

I heard that this could be a one in ten year event but who knows. It is not not worth spending good money on devices to cope with the worst heat. How many people have looked up air con? A big hole in the wall, no thanks, not for a few days of discomfort

I'm in the south east and 37 degrees here. It's noticeably hotter than yesterday and no signs of cooling.
There's two grass fires only a couple of miles from me which we don't expect in England.

37 degrees in a North facing room with the blinds drawn. It was 42 in the car earlier and I had to put some leather gloves on to touch the steering wheel.

It's 36 here in Nottingham, at 6.30pm. It was 43 in the car until I had the air con on. I'm looking forward to some rain, but it's been forecast for tomorrow

28 degrees here in Oxfordshire, took the washing in earlier, my word, were those pegs hot, I touched the wire part, ouch!

Hazy here now though, hopefully we will get some rain.

I started reading this thread then got annoyed because it's still boiling here and rain sounds wonderful (not very often I say that)

My stupid tablet told me it was 21C outside earlier - well, it's 33C now so I think it must have been lying.

My laptop is saying 28C, room thermostat 25.8C. Feet are saying 30C - skechers aren't the best footwear in hot weather! Have to walk the dog before darkness starts falling, light is going earlier each evening.

About 10 fat drops of rain fell, sun is shining again and it’s still 28degrees, with a hot breeze.

This time next week we will be looking back and wishing it was still ‘Summer’.

A hot spell usually ends in thunderstorms, which I love, especially at night. We desperately need prolonged rain after a very dry winter, spring and summer. It will probably start raining on Friday as the schools break up.

A few spots of rain here (outer SW London) but it’s stopped now.
I’ve just heard thunder! Oh for a good storm and some lashing rain! ?

We spoke to DH’s sister in Torquay at mid day, she said it was very dark, quite cool and had just started to rain, the sun was beating down here and apart from taking our dog to the vet this morning we haven’t been out, it’s just too hot. I anticipate another sleepless night tonight, we get the sun on the front of the house in the afternoon and evening and last night the bedroom was like an oven; having the windows open didn’t make any difference at all.

We had some rain and thunder at lunch time followed by baking heat. Cooled down considerably by late afternoon and 22 degrees predicted for tomorrow. Lovely

Hi all - well I’m joyous cos I asked Alexa at 4pm what the weather is here in Urmston.

“Right now it’s 34°C. Tonight it will be 16°C”

???
Can’t wait!

I would love a bit of rain but dread having a downpour now - we are on clay and after over 8 months with no rain it is as hard as cement. Last time that happened we got flooded as all the water just ran down through gardens and roads with nowhere to go. It would be nice to get a bit of rain each night until the ground is soft again, but I expect that's too much to hope for ?

So disappointed - only rained for 5 minutes

Grannybags

So disappointed - only rained for 5 minutes

It looked like a downpour here but it was short lived.

It's 27 here now in the Scottish Borders and it is nearly 10pm. Not as hot as down south but too hot for me to sleep tonight.

Absolutely sweltering at work today, couldn’t wait to get home and jump in the shower.
Slight breeze tonight, which is lovely.
We’re in the West Country, we had a short shower late afternoon, but not enough to cool it down.