coningsby. this base has a special place in my heart, it is where i started forecasting and it is the place with the highest temperature in the uk ever recorded was the summer, 40.3 celsius. behind me or some typhoon aircraft based here but what impact does the temperatures have on operations? join the station commander group captain billy cooper. let's go back to that day in july. what sort of impact does the temperatures have on coningsby? than? temperatures have on coningsby? any extremes temperatures have on coningsby? iffy} extremes of weather and particularly temperature can have an effect even on modern aircraft. in particular the engine performance, and very high altitude or temperature. we find the density of the fuel will change so the way in which the maintainers operate with the aircraft can be different. that aircraft can be different. at coningsby you have the quick