Finally the 39-day drought on my part of #Dorset has come to an end with 0.4mm rainfall at 04:30. Crossposted with @openvibe.social

If you’re desperately hoping for rainfall in the south, unfortunately you’ll be waiting for at least another week, possibly two, with another heatwave likely next week. Crossposted with @openvibe.social

July 2026 - the sunniest, driest and warmest July in the UK (when all combined) since at least 1910.

Earth is now warming faster than at any point in recorded geological history - around 10 times faster than the extreme warming event 56 million years ago and 20 times faster than at the end of the last ice age. We are almost certainly in a new extinction event.

Hurn recorded 381.1 hours of sunshine on the Kipp & Zonen recorder in July; this, corrected for a Campbell Stokes recorder, looks to be over 400 hours of sunshine - without doubt, the sunniest ever month recorded for any UK station on record. An absolutely extraordinary July.

Number of days that have reached or exceeded #heatwave thresholds so far this summer. Source: @metoffice.gov.uk 🥵

With a maximum of “only” 25.4°C, today marks the first day since 3rd July that I’ve recorded a maximum temperature below 26°C. The THIRD #heatwave here has finally come to an end after 28 days, my longest in records from 2009. However the #drought continues. Crossposted with @openvibe.social

@iconfactory.com A little birdy told me that posting might be coming to Tapestry? Or crossposting even? Is this exciting rumour true? Openvibe isn’t cutting it!

July Wx stats #Wimborne #Dorset: - • Warmest July on record • Warmest month on record • 14 days >30°C (lowest max 24.6°C) • Mean max 6.1°C above average • Min min 1.5°C above average 1/2

People who’ve lived in the area some 40 years say they’ve never seen the River Avon drop this low at Fordingbridge. I know I haven’t in 30. Yet the Gov UK website reports this as “within the normal range” 🤔

Bordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025. This is deeply shocking.

Driest July for 190 years. www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new... Crossposted with @openvibe.social

“Fresher air has swept across all of the UK, ending the hot spell for southern Britain…” It was still >27°C (81°F) here today. Until very recently this would have been considered a hot spell! www.netweather.tv/weather-fore...

Southern heat retreats for the start of the weekend, but severe wildfire risk remains

Fresher air has swept across all of the UK, ending the hot spell for southern Britain. Warmer air returns for the new week, though less intense than recent heatwaves. The severe wildfire risk remains.

netweather.tv

It seems very likely that Hurn (with corrections) will have broken the old UK sunshine record - the median corrected estimate looks to be 396 hours of sunshine, beating the Eastbourne record by just under 13 hours to the 30th. The sunniest month at any UK station in 115 years.

A large slab of altocumulus stratiformis at sunset this evening, with a couple of fallstreak holes. Crossposted with @openvibe.social

Keeping my fingers crossed whilst doing a rain dance! Crossposted with @openvibe.social

If you’re into #meteorology and not already following @peacockreports.bsky.social then you really should be. His interpretation of model data and medium term prediction is outstanding.

Can confirm it’s pouring down in Blandford! Crossposted with @openvibe.social

Some nice sea breeze convergence showers forming over Dorset this afternoon.

Altocumulus floccus virga Crossposted with @openvibe.social

A lesson on kindness and compassion. And a useful reminder of the wisdom of Madeleine Albright in the comments.

Victoria Derbyshire@vicderbyshire.bsky.social · last wk.

I wrote this 👇 open.substack.com/pub/vicderby...

This deserves a read… Bill Oddie: Comedian who found nature a welcome refuge from mental illness www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Crossposted with @openvibe.social

Bill Oddie: Comedian who found nature a welcome refuge from mental illness - BBC News

One of Britain's best known comedians and naturalists, his life was plagued by bouts of acute depression which saw many visits to psychiatric hospitals.

bbc.co.uk

RIP Bill Oddie. Legend.

The third one hasn’t finished here yet!

Met Office - weather and climate@metoffice.gov.uk · 2w ago

Another heatwave is on the way for parts of the UK this week, but the heat will be brief in most places🌡️ Take a look at the forecast maximum temperature over the coming days👇

This is truly devastating news for #astronomy, and for the UK. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Crossposted with @openvibe.social

Jodrell Bank's Lovell telescope faces axe in science cuts, BBC understands - BBC News

Astronomers warn it would tear the heart out of UK science, and leave a generation untrained.

bbc.co.uk

My teams have completed all necessary checks and testing of the Cebreros station. After careful review, we have declared the antenna GREEN for nominal operations as of 27 July.

Josef Aschbacher@josefaschbacher.esa.int · 2w ago

Based on current information, the Cebreros station appears to have remained unharmed. My deepest thanks go to the Spanish emergency services whose efforts helped protect the site as wildfires approached. Left: 24 July 19:57, Right: 25 July 07:54

With a maximum this afternoon of 26.1°C, that makes this day 23 of the current #heatwave at my #Dorset station! Additionally only trace rainfall so the 26-day #drought continues. Crossposted with @openvibe.social

Once again, with 27.6°C, I breached the #heatwave threshold of 26°C. That’s 22 days, even longer than Exeter! Crossposted with @openvibe.social

This kind of thing makes me despair about Humanity.

Leo Hickman@leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 2w ago

You see this frontpage and do genuinely wonder what on earth the conversation must have been between the senior editors when they were laying it out...