2022 - How's the Weather Where You Are?

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I'm asking a serious question ... so the kids in the poor areas all have British Nannies ?... first I've heard of it.. wonder how those minimum wage walmart workers can afford those British Nanny wages.. ..they're certainly more than they'll earn at Walmart et al..
 
Britons are set to melt on the hottest UK day on record today as temperatures soar past 40C (104F) amid growing travel chaos as schools close again and millions of people responded to the chaos by working from home.

The Met Office has confirmed that last night was the warmest night on record in Britain, with temperatures not falling below 25C (77F) in many areas of England and Wales. The highest overnight minimum was 25.9C (78.6F) at Emley Moor in West Yorkshire - smashing the previous record of 23.9C (75F) in Brighton set on August 3, 1990.

Temperatures had already hit 34C (93F) by 10am this morning in Cambridge and London. It comes after the overnight minimum last night in the capital fell to just 25.8C (78.4F) at Kenley in Croydon, South London.

Forecasters expect an absolute high of 43C (109F) in central or eastern England today - one day after Wales had its hottest day ever with 37.1C (99F) in Hawarden, Flintshire, beating a record set in the same village in 1990.

The mercury peaked in the UK at 38.1C (100.6F) in Suffolk yesterday, making it the hottest day of 2022 and the third hottest day on record, after 38.7C (101.7F) in Cambridge in 2019 and 38.5C (101.3F) in Kent in August 2003.

Network Rail and train operators upgraded their travel advice for services heading north out of London into the red warning area to 'do not travel', saying there will be no services in or out of London King's Cross all day today.

The heat has brought major rail chaos for commuters around the capital, with no Thameslink or Great Northern trains running in any location north of London, from Blackfriars via St Pancras, or from King's Cross or Moorgate.

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps told people across Britain today to 'apply common sense' and 'depending on the nature of your journey and reason for it, you might want to consider rearranging your day around it'.

But the sight of parts of the UK shutting down sparked a backlash, with complaints that ministers and health chiefs were 'acting like nanny' - while holidaymakers were delayed yesterday as a part of runway at Luton Airport melted

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...tures-set-hit-43C-hottest-day-UK-history.html
 
We should see daytime highs in the upper 90's to low 100's for most of the next 6 or 8 weeks. It will probably be mid September before we get any lasting relief from this heat. Also, the chances for any meaningful rain are slim.....hot and dry seems to be the forecast.
 
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