"PJB" wrote in message ...
today the mercury reached 28.5C at Bournemouth (well Hurn airport)

for my part i reached 28.8C here in Christchurch, the highest since the 12th
August 2003.

Regards
Paul

I'm based at Southampton and these high temperatures in the last
couple of days have surprised me - it didn't feel anything like that
warm. My estimation would have been Sunday 21c, Monday 23c, Tuesday
23c. I can only guess that low humidity has made it feel a good deal
less hot than the temperatures indicate. The first 10 days of the
month actually felt significantly warmer - and were more humid.

Nick