HOTTEST DAY EVER IN UK

j.m@talk · 08-10-2003, 02:05 PM

The temperature in Britain has smashed the 100F (37.7C) mark with recordings at Heathrow Airport reaching 37.9C (100.2F).

But the heat has caused electric storms and one woman suffered a heart attack and 14 others were injured when lightning hit the crowd at a football match in Birmingham.

A front of torrential rain and thunder and lightning is straddling the country from south Wales, through Birmingham and up to the North East.

Meanwhile, the heatwave is gathering momentum in the South East and sunseekers there are enjoying another glorious day.

The new high temperature - making it the hottest day ever in Britain - was recorded at around 2.30pm, breaking the British record of 37.1C (98F) - recorded at Cheltenham in August 1990.

Bookies William Hill will now have to pay out up to a quarter of a million pounds to people who put bets on the heat hitting 99 and 100F.

The record temperatures puts Barbados in the shade at 84F and makes Rio de Janeiro look chilly at 64F.

Despite a cooler front spreading in from the west there is still no end in sight to the warm weather with the heatwave set to continue into next week with temperatures again in the high 20s, according to forecasters.

The temperature in central London reached 36C (97F) on Saturday - the highest in the capital since 1911, when a temperature of 36.1C was recorded at Camden Square in August.

Already this year is being compared with Britain's hottest summer in 1976.

Temperatures reached 36.4C (97.5F) Gravesend in Kent on Wednesday, the hottest day of the year until now

mireland · 08-10-2003, 02:35 PM

Hey, we've had 16 or 17 days of ABOVE 100 degrees over here in my part of my country...CAN'T WAIT FOR WINTER!

Bigjakkstaffa · 08-10-2003, 03:14 PM

Its been piddling down oop nborth most of the day, most of the roads have flooded, the roof of the local ASDA fell in and i got the day off work because the shopping centre flooded

All cleared up in about half an hour like and the sun came back out...been playing five a side all day, baskin in the sunlight and going *** first on the water logged surface

--Jakk

leprechaun_40 · 08-10-2003, 05:30 PM

Hey guys, I feel for yas, sorta. Where I'm from, 100 is no record. I've seen much hotter, although the humidity was down in the single digits, so it wasn't too bad, if ya had plenty of water and a fan

Where I'm at now, we've had so much rain and the humidity is so high, I think I need to do one of two things, either grow gills or change my name to noah and start building a large boat

gjimene2 · 08-10-2003, 07:04 PM

100F is that all?

Hope your cup of tea doesn't boil over J.M.

Over here where I'm at we have been hitting 109F for a couple of days. Sure the forecast says 100-105F, but when you look at your thermometer it states 109, and a 110-115F heat factor.

j.m@talk · 08-10-2003, 07:21 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by gjimene2
Hope your cup of tea doesn't boil over J.M.

Jezus not me tea...........

Quick empty the contence of the reservoirs on to the lawn

Bigjakkstaffa · 08-11-2003, 08:30 AM

Its still thundering and lightning and lashin down wi-rain up north today. We had 2 inches of rainfall in 15 minutes yesterday apparently

--Jakk

DocEvi1 · 08-11-2003, 09:33 AM

I'm on the 8th floor of a building and I can't see the ground, the mist is that bad.

It's been like that since I got up (6) and was similar yesterday

Stefan

j.m@talk · 08-11-2003, 09:55 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by DocEvi1
I'm on the 8th floor of a building and I can't see the ground,

That is a lot of rain ! Got a boat?

BipolarBill · 08-11-2003, 02:42 PM

It's cooler here in Houston - not by much, but cooler (if you can call 98°F cool!)

Don't feel too bad - the average summertime temperature in Basra, Iraq is like 120°F with occasionaly highs of 140°. That's with near 100% humidity too!

Baddog · 08-11-2003, 02:51 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by mireland
Hey, we've had 16 or 17 days of ABOVE 100 degrees over here in my part of my country...CAN'T WAIT FOR WINTER!

In the winter, I can put more clothes on. But in the summer when it is hot, when I get naked, I can't go any farther.

causticVapor · 08-11-2003, 05:07 PM

Precisely.

37C right now in Hockenheim... hovered around here for about a month.

**** hot I tell you

Let's hope the winter is really cold....

herosrest · 08-11-2003, 08:43 PM

Bring on the rain.

Mind u at 37C - the tea kettle should boil itself.

L know this is a mistake... but...
How do u print the 'Degrees' symbol on keyboards?

BipolarBill · 08-11-2003, 08:51 PM

ALT(hold)0-1-7-6

CompGeek01 · 08-12-2003, 01:22 AM

Please tell me you had to look that up and you diddn't memorize all of the character map...

-B