The top ten warmest temperatures between 0600 UTC and 1800 UTC on 10th
August 2003.

#1 ~ Gravesend = 38.1C
#2 ~ London Heathrow = 37.9C
#3 ~ Northolt = 37.7C
#4 ~ London Weather Centre = 37.6C
#5 ~ Unknown
#6 ~ Bracknell = 36.1C
#7 ~ Sth. Farnborough = 36.1C
#8 ~ Bedford = 35.9C
#9 ~ Andrewsfield = 35.9C
#10 ~ Redhill = 35.6C

Source: Met. Office, Bracknell

Tom
Docklands, East London

"Tom" wrote in message ...
The top ten warmest temperatures between 0600 UTC and 1800 UTC on 10th
August 2003.

#1 ~ Gravesend = 38.1C
#2 ~ London Heathrow = 37.9C
#3 ~ Northolt = 37.7C
#4 ~ London Weather Centre = 37.6C
#5 ~ Unknown
#6 ~ Bracknell = 36.1C
#7 ~ Sth. Farnborough = 36.1C
#8 ~ Bedford = 35.9C
#9 ~ Andrewsfield = 35.9C
#10 ~ Redhill = 35.6C

Source: Met. Office, Bracknell

Tom
Docklands, East London



These dont include sites which dont report a maximum - i.e. 37c Cambridge,
36c Luton.

"Joe" wrote in message
...

"Tom" wrote in message ...
The top ten warmest temperatures between 0600 UTC and 1800 UTC on 10th
August 2003.

#1 ~ Gravesend = 38.1C
#2 ~ London Heathrow = 37.9C
#3 ~ Northolt = 37.7C
#4 ~ London Weather Centre = 37.6C
#5 ~ Unknown
#6 ~ Bracknell = 36.1C
#7 ~ Sth. Farnborough = 36.1C
#8 ~ Bedford = 35.9C
#9 ~ Andrewsfield = 35.9C
#10 ~ Redhill = 35.6C

Source: Met. Office, Bracknell

Tom
Docklands, East London



These dont include sites which dont report a maximum - i.e. 37c Cambridge,
36c Luton.

Nor the Climate Data Loggers (CDLs) which come in at 2100z (e.g. Wisley
which has cropped up a bit lately), although I wouldn't be surprised if
Gravesend 38.1°C was the new record. METAR only stations don't report a max
and are rounded figures, thus not included.

Jon.

I can add Wokingham to your list, 36.9C max today. That is 1.3C above the
previous highest temperature recorded in the past 99 years here (in 1911).


--
Bernard Burton
Wokingham, Berkshire, UK.


Satellite images at:
www.btinternet.com/~wokingham.weather/wwp.html
"Tom" wrote in message ...
The top ten warmest temperatures between 0600 UTC and 1800 UTC on 10th
August 2003.

#1 ~ Gravesend = 38.1C
#2 ~ London Heathrow = 37.9C
#3 ~ Northolt = 37.7C
#4 ~ London Weather Centre = 37.6C
#5 ~ Unknown
#6 ~ Bracknell = 36.1C
#7 ~ Sth. Farnborough = 36.1C
#8 ~ Bedford = 35.9C
#9 ~ Andrewsfield = 35.9C
#10 ~ Redhill = 35.6C

Source: Met. Office, Bracknell

Tom
Docklands, East London

On Sun, 10 Aug 2003 19:26:36 +0100, "Tom" wrote:

The top ten warmest temperatures between 0600 UTC and 1800 UTC on 10th
August 2003.

#1 ~ Gravesend = 38.1C
#2 ~ London Heathrow = 37.9C
#3 ~ Northolt = 37.7C
#4 ~ London Weather Centre = 37.6C
#5 ~ Unknown
#5....Wisley 37.1?

#6 ~ Bracknell = 36.1C
#7 ~ Sth. Farnborough = 36.1C
#8 ~ Bedford = 35.9C
#9 ~ Andrewsfield = 35.9C
#10 ~ Redhill = 35.6C

Source: Met. Office, Bracknell

We can't have mysteries, can we? My guess is Wisley at 37.1, mentioned
on the News a couple of times Sunday evening.

--
Dave

On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 20:25:02 +0100, "Margaret Emerson"
wrote:

5 could be East Malling in Kent 37.4C though that only reported its maximum
at 2100UTC.

The definitive list, (for now!) is on the Met Office site at
http://www.meto.gov.uk/climate/uk/in...3maxtemps.html
and I quote an extract (but the rankings are mine):

"Table of highest maximum temperatures - 10 August 2003
The following table shows the data which were available from our
network on 11 August 2003.

MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES - 10 August 2003

Station name Maximum
temperature (°C)
1. Gravesend-Broadness (Kent) 38.1.
2. Heathrow (London) 37.9
3. Wisley (Surrey) 37.8
3. Enfield (London) 37.8.
5. Northolt (London) 37.7.
6. London Weather Centre 37.6.
6. St.James Park (London) 37.6.
8. Cambridge Guildhall 37.5.
9. East Malling (Kent) 37.4.
10.Southwark (London) 36.6.
11.Herne Bay (Kent) 36.5. "

I think it is safe to say the old record of 37.1 was well and truly
demolished, nine stations beating it and the top 4 exceeding 100
degrees Fahrenheit.

Gravesend also equalled and probably beat the "unofficial" record
previously claimed by Tonbridge in Kent at 100.5 degrees F (38.06 deg
C). What a day!

--
Dave