The temperature in Brigg reached the landmark 100F (37.8C) yesterday afternoon (Tuesday, July 19) for the first time since weather records began.
The highest reading we've found after consulting different weather 'apps' was 39C (102.2C) attained around 4pm.
Thankfully, more usual mid-summer temperatures are forecast today.
Even some of us 'old sweats' in Brigg who can remember the famous hot summer in 1976 will confirm that conditions on July 18 and 19, 2022 reached another level.
However, many people kept working to serve the public, including staff at shops, eateries and licensed premises. Most outlets stayed open.
North Lincolnshire Council deployed two trucks working in tandem in parts of Brigg to empty the burgundy (cardboard and plastics) wheelie bins for recycling purposes yesterday morning, with workers in sweat shirts and shorts - similar to the uniform donned by Brigg 'posties' as they made more deliveries yesterday.
Our local unitary authority gave a few days' notice about the cancellation of Tuesday's brown (garden waste) bins.
But although many people got the message and passed it on to neighbours, there were still plenty of households which put out brown bins - expecting them to be emptied.
A few did likewise with their green general household waste bins, having misinterpreted the council's announcement issued online around 5pm last Friday to advise about changes to the scheduled collection arrangements.
For staff safety reasons, the council did not want its collectors to be out in the very hot sun yesterday afternoon.
Tuesday morning saw contractors working for Brigg Town Council watering the colourful hanging baskets of flowers on various business frontages, using a mobile bowser.
They are pictured here outside Wallhead's outfitters and also the Brians DIY.
Metal rails expanding beyond tolerable levels in hot summer conditions is something which has plagued the national network ever since its creation in the 19th century.
Not quoted in any 'meltdown weather' stories we read was the removal of traditional awnings on railway station platforms (offering shade) and sturdy brick-built waiting rooms (cool in summer) and their replacement by glass and/or metal platform shelters (not ideal refuges during an intense heatwave, in comparison with the 'old days').
Barnetby station is among many across the UK where this has happened - in its case during the 1990s.
Brigg station has metal shelters on both platforms, where there were once brick-built waiting facilities.
However, our town's Saturdays-only passenger trains are currently suspended, with a review due in December when it's hoped normal service will resume.
Barnetby station is among many across the UK where this has happened - in its case during the 1990s.
Brigg station has metal shelters on both platforms, where there were once brick-built waiting facilities.
However, our town's Saturdays-only passenger trains are currently suspended, with a review due in December when it's hoped normal service will resume.
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| The mercury rising to 100F on a domestic thermometer in Brigg yesterday afternoon. |
