Heat

[poliphilo]

 Record temperatures were recorded in Wales and the English record was missed by a whisker, but today will be hotter, they say- and from the way it feels right now I don't suppose they're wrong.

Comments

[heleninwales]

I think the official temperatures are recorded in the shade and 5 feet off the ground. Down at pavement level in the baking heat or on a beach or parched park it will be much much higher, hence why dogs should not be walked during the hot part of the day.

[poliphilo]

And so the results are not exactly arbitrary but still somewhat misleading.

[cmcmck]

Yes, they usually live in one of those white 'Stephenson' screen thingies if they are official.