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.

Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales have all provisionally recorded their hottest day of the year so far 📈 #heatwave pic.twitter.com/HbZ7m8kOo4

— Met Office (@metoffice) July 16, 2021

Further hot weather for this weekend

It's hotting up over the next few days with #heatwave criteria likely to be met in some areas 📈

Here's a look at the maximum #temperatures 👇 pic.twitter.com/0yUHlX3RP3

— Met Office (@metoffice) July 16, 2021

Todays on the hour highest temps so far

28.2ºC at #Pershore the highest "on-hour" observation so far today.

"Heatwave day" stats later today will be interesting! pic.twitter.com/1b1k6Gh9lx

— Dan Harris (@RoostWeather) July 16, 2021

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