Twenty-nine plus

Every year I update my table of thirty-plus temperatures, as recorded at Hampstead. Here's how we left things last year. Dates on which the temperature at Hampstead reached 30°C May JunJulAugSep 2010 279/10 2011 27 2012 2518 2013 13 15/16/17 221 2014 18 2015 122 2016 18/19/202413 2017 17/18/19/20/216 2018 5/6/7/8 15 23 25/26/272/3 6/7 2019 2923/24/2525/26/27 2020 24/25/26317/8/9/10/11/12 2021 18/19/20 2022 1711/12 17/18/1911/12/13/14 2023 11 25 6/7 9/10 2024 19 3012 2025 19 21 28/29/301 10/11/12 1811/12 » in red: reached 33°C » in red & bold: reached 35°C » in red & bold & underlined: reached 37°C And here's what 2026 looks like so far... MayJunJulAugSep 2026 23/24/25/26 28 30 19 23/24/25/26/27 6/7/8/9/10 29 tbctbc That is a fairly astonishing start to the summer, and there's still August and September to go. • Hampstead's never had temperatures above 30°C in May before. This year it had six days. • So far this year eighteen days had a temperature above 30°C. The previous maximum was…