My patio thermometer is in the shade. Yesterday it showed 37.4 degrees, and is the same today. I just fetched in the washing and felt the searing sun so couldn't wait to get back indoors. My thermometer is a max/min and only went down to 20c overnight. I zero it every morning. Thank goodness for the awning I had fitted a few years ago. I can't bear to be under it in this heat, but it keeps the south facing living room shaded.
I had to go shopping this morning to buy a couple of floaty dresses, as my usual cropped jeans/trousers are too thick.