Very hot today - up to 82 F about 4pm.

July 21st. Very hot again, beautiful clear blues, whites and greys in the sky.

July 22nd. Lovely weather, sunny with a cool breeze.

July 24th. Weather still very fine.

July 25th. Peculiar weather, hot but with a strong east wind.

July 26th. Hot and humid in the morning. Went to the Jobcentre. Good thunderstorm about midday, some very loud thunder and heavy rain. Got very dark. Failed to cool things down though.

July 27th. Grey, hot and humid, not too pleasant.

July 28th. Hot and humid still.

July 29th. Very hot and humid again. In the afternoon a thunderstorm dropped anchor a couple of miles to the east, plenty of flashes (and one dazzling fork) and bangs but no rain. A pity to miss out on the real fireworks.

July 30th. Another hot cloudless morning.

July 31st. Very hot today, cloudless but hazy.

August 1st. Even hotter today, up to 28.5 C.

August 2nd. Really hot again, with apparently no chance of the weather breaking till Sunday at least. Seems to've gone on for weeks.

August 3rd. Still very hot.

'Dry, sunny, and hot (18.6). Widespread readings over 30C from the 20th on' [...]