In this extra blog we take a look at the heatwave for the UK (yes not us sadly) plus mid month weather stats for the Western Isles.
Hottest day of the year for Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.
Further hot weather for this weekend
Todays on the hour highest temps so far
Mid month weather stats for the Western Isles
The highest temperature of the month so far recorded at Stornoway Airport today with 19.7C. Also this site has seen 14.6 mm of rainfall this month. 13.4 mm of that fell in a single day.


For South Uist Range
19.4C remains the highest temperature of the month so far recorded earlier in the month. Just 1.8 mm of rain has fallen at this site all month.


More of these stats can be found here http://starlingsroost.asuscomm.com/weather/ukobs/ukgraphs.php?synop=03023&startdate=2021-07-01&starttime=00%3A00&enddate=2021-07-17&endtime=00%3A00&datatype=SYNOP