It's too hot :(

potatolord · 23 Jul 2021 at 21:49

Today I had a five hour drive in the boiling heat with two under 10s in the car. Guess how much fun that was.

Uther · 23 Jul 2021 at 21:49

Cooled down lovely now, the dog's just started playing with her toys again for the first time in days!

bainbridge · 23 Jul 2021 at 22:19

Tower fan in the bedroom is sucking lovely cool air from the open window and distributing it around the room. So much better than warm air being blown around.

Raymond Lin · 23 Jul 2021 at 22:58

Summer is over! That was fast lol

Minusorange · 23 Jul 2021 at 23:04

Still summer until Tuesday here in the North West, that's when the first rain is due which is probably needed as the flora is getting pretty dry round here, but hopefully it's not a prolong spell of cloud and cooler weather and we return to the glorious heat

Rroff · 23 Jul 2021 at 23:08

Too far out to be sure but looks like 2nd week in August could be a scorcher.

chrcoluk · 23 Jul 2021 at 23:10

As I expected there was no rain despite it been predicted for this area.

However it didnt really heat up much so I can now lie down and wear clothes without sweating.

Air still feels horrible and muggy indoors, but feels fresher outside, room temp 26.4C

Problem is lack of wind as usual so getting the fresher air to cycle indoors is a slow process.

Raymond Lin · 23 Jul 2021 at 23:21

Quite windy here in Herefordshire, 23c indoors and 18c outdoors.

I actually turned the fan off because of a nice draft from the windows.

2004typer · 23 Jul 2021 at 23:27

Definitely a lot cooler tonight, the breeze has a much sharper edge to it, lovely after many muggy nights. I'm just east of Manchester where it's supposed to have been the warmest part over the last day, but nowhere near as stuffy as last night, actually might get a decent night's kip.

Blackjack Davy · 23 Jul 2021 at 23:34

Finally some air movement theres a nice cool breeze blowing and I'm not being deafened by the aircon. And its trying to rain.

Hurrah!

Rroff said:
Too far out to be sure but looks like 2nd week in August could be a scorcher.

Always is these days and it'll beat the national record of 38c I'm sure. It reached 36c here last year.

chrcoluk · 23 Jul 2021 at 23:37

Yeah summer isnt over, August can be extremely hot and we have had summers last into October before.

TonyTurbo78 · 24 Jul 2021 at 01:24

Here it comes, rain started, flashes and rumbles in the distance, won't be long before it's overhead here in Southampton.

Rroff · 24 Jul 2021 at 01:27

Been pushed back from 2am to 4am here - about an hour ago had a brief but of strong wind and showers of rain and one very distant thunder clap but gone quiet again now.

Looks like it is shifting towards the east quite a bit more than forecast originally.

EDIT: As I said that bunch of hits on the map spread out the length of the channel LOL.

413x · 24 Jul 2021 at 01:29

It's cooling down. Noooo. Totally have that coming home from holiday feeling!

Just hope we get a few more heat waves in August!

Raiden85 · 24 Jul 2021 at 01:37

Seems it may be cloudy, wet and windy next week around South Wales, I'm happy now

413x · 24 Jul 2021 at 02:04

Raiden85 said:
Seems it may be cloudy, wet and windy next week around South Wales, I'm happy now

Ugh. Hope the heat comes back soon!

TonyTurbo78 · 24 Jul 2021 at 02:11

My poor dog is shaking and panting like crazy, she really hates thunder and lightning

chrcoluk · 24 Jul 2021 at 02:11

Bet its bliss on the south coast, all that wind and rain plus to look at the sea.

Here, after a few hours of open windows and front door, inside is starting to feel fresher.

Current temp 24.6C, hoping to get down to the 23s.

Rroff · 24 Jul 2021 at 03:22

Just had a big lighting strike probably not much more than 100m from me.

el_dazza · 24 Jul 2021 at 04:43

TonyTurbo78 said:
My poor dog is shaking and panting like crazy, she really hates thunder and lightning

Bless her, mine's frantically banging on the door expecting me to do something about it