Met Office extends amber heatwave warning as UK temperatures might hit 40C – full record
The Met Office has issued a further warning for extreme heat in the UK with Brits facing stifling conditions as temperatures could hit 40C. This week has seen temperatures skyrocket due to a ‘heat-dome’
This week has seen temperatures skyrocket due to a ‘heat-dome’(Image: BROOK MITCHELL, AFP via Getty Images)
The Met Office has issued another warning for extreme heat across the UK, with Brits bracing themselves for sweltering conditions as temperatures could reach 40C.
This week has seen temperatures skyrocket due to a “heat-dome” settling over western Europe, bringing severe conditions across the continent.
The highest temperatures are anticipated for today and Thursday, with red warnings already in place by the Met Office. However, the national weather agency has now added an additional amber warning for Friday. Grahame Madge, a spokesperson for the Met Office, stated: “We have issued another amber warning for eastern and central England for Friday.”
As the forecast continues to evolve we may need to issue further updates once more detail becomes clear. “, reports the Mirror.
Areas facing the new amber alert on Friday include:
East Midlands
- Derby
- Derbyshire
- Leicester
- Leicestershire
- Lincolnshire
- Northamptonshire
- Nottingham
- Nottinghamshire
- Rutland
East of England
- Bedford
- Cambridgeshire
- Central Bedfordshire
- Essex
- Hertfordshire
- Luton
- Norfolk
- Peterborough
- Southend-on-Sea
- Suffolk
- Thurrock
London & South East England
- Bracknell Forest
- Brighton and Hove
- Buckinghamshire
- East Sussex
- Greater London
- Hampshire
- Kent
- Medway
- Milton Keynes
- Oxfordshire
- Reading
- Slough
- Surrey
- West Berkshire
- West Sussex
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Wokingham
North West England
- Cheshire East
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Greater Manchester
- Halton
- Merseyside
- Warrington
South West England
- Gloucestershire
West Midlands
- Shropshire
- Staffordshire
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Telford and Wrekin
- Warwickshire
- West Midlands Conurbation
- Worcestershire
Yorkshire & Humber
- North East Lincolnshire
- North Lincolnshire
- South Yorkshire
Hundreds of schools are set to fully or partially shut in the coming days due to the extreme heat, it has been confirmed. Temperatures are predicted to reach record-breaking highs in the mid to high 30s.
A ‘heat-dome’ descending over western Europe could see temperatures nearing a scorching 40C by Wednesday (June 24), with this latest heatwave anticipated to break the June record of 35.6C set in Hampshire back in 1976.
This comes as the Met Office issued a red weather warning for extreme heat from 9am on Wednesday to 9pm on Thursday, covering an area stretching from London to Swansea and Somerset to Birmingham. Amber weather warnings have been put in place for other parts of England and Wales.
The temperature could potentially rival the UK’s all-time high of 40.3C, which was recorded in July 2022. The highest temperature noted on Tuesday was 34.6C in Wisley, Surrey, according to the Met Office, reports the Manchester Evening News.
The agency’s spokesman Grahame Madge stated: “The Met Office is flagging 39C as a headline maximum temperature on Thursday, most likely for somewhere in London or the South East. It is possible we could see temperatures higher than the 39C if the final values are at the upper end of our narrow range.
“It is important to remember that the temperature value is only one element of this extreme heatwave story. The other major factor is the high humidity which for many will make the intense heat even harder to endure.”
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