UK’s ‘hottest day ever’ forecast in weeks as Brits face three ‘Spanish swelter’ heatwaves
Weather is all Brits can speak about right now as the nation comes close to melting point in a diabolical heatwave. The mercury will drop this week before soaring the next
The weather will get cooler before it gets hotter(Image: Amer Ghazzal/Shutterstock)
Three “Spanish swelter” heatwaves are racing to Britain – and it will be even hotter than last week. Temperatures will ease to 25C to 27C this week during Wimbledon, before a fresh six-day heatwave is served up next week.
The mercury will soar to 33C and a record 40C is on the cards in July. And BBC Weather forecast highs of around 30C all of next week with more muggy nights expected.
The Met Office said: “Temperatures ahead are expected to be above normal, with an increased chance of hot periods developing.” Forecasters said a second sizzle later in July is poised to pip the 40.3C UK temperature record due to a blast of hot Spanish air.
And another heatwave is expected in August in time for the school holidays. The Weather Outlook forecaster Brian Gaze said: “Another heatwave is expected next week, with a further hot period in the second half of July, and again in August.
“Highs into the mid to high 30s are expected, and the chance of 40C has never been higher than in the coming weeks, especially from the second half of July.
“Temperatures have already exceeded 37C, and there has been record heat in May and June. High temperatures continuing on the continent are expected to move towards the UK in southerly flows at times.”
The Met Office’s three month outlook warned: “There is an increased chance of heatwaves.”
The forecaster added it is eight times more likely that a much hotter than normal summer is ahead, compared to much cooler than average.
It comes after the record for the hottest June day was smashed again with Santon Downham, Suffolk, reaching 37.3C on Friday.
But even hotter weather will roast the country within days, starting on July 8 when temperatures could rise as high as 35C in the south-east. Almost all of central and southern England may hit 30C or more, the data suggests, with highs of 33C coming as far north as Yorkshire.
The weather will continue on July 10 with the arrival of staggering highs of 40C hitting western and southern England. The data suggests the mercury could peak at 37C to 39C quite widely across central and southern England, but things do not end there.
July 11 is projected to be even warmer still. The GFS model shows possible temperature maximums of 41C in western England, while swathes of the country from Yorkshire down to London could rise as high as 41C.
