Next heatwave countdown begins as odds slashed on hottest August ever
Bookies have slashed odds on August being the hottest on record for the United Kingdom, after an average summer so far.
With temperatures back on the up, Ladbrokes have cut odds – for the second time in a week – on next month playing host to a record-breaking hot August… from 5/1 to just 3/1.
Alex Apati of Ladbrokes said: “Finally, Brits look set for sustained periods of record-breaking sunshine, if the latest odds are anything to go by.”
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It comes as a forecaster claimed that the UK is bracing for a sweltering “heat dome” from this weekend, as temperatures could rise above 30C once more.
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Last Friday (July 19) saw the mercury hit the highest point of the year so far – with 31.9C registered in St James’s Park, London – but that record could be toppled within days. James Madden from Exacta Weather said in an update on Facebook yesterday (Sunday, July 21) that Britain might soon experience “extreme values of in and around the mid to high 30Cs”.
Kicking off the week, Madden forecasts that high pressure will “build in across our shores and influence some further warm to hot conditions” on Tuesday (July 23) and Wednesday (July 24).
He said: “This could see temperatures reaching at least the mid to high 20Cs in parts of the south and the low to mid 20Cs at least in some other parts further north.
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“Any slight tweaks could also possibly see 30C being reached again in some parts of the far south.”
Following this spell of warmth, we can expect some “localised showers” and cloudiness, but a more significant shift in the weather is anticipated on Friday (July 26) “as high pressure begins to build in and send temperatures rising significantly for all parts of the UK”.
Madden predicts this heatwave could persist through the end of July and into August, potentially marking a “one to two week period” of high temperatures starting this weekend.
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