UK faces 'month of heatwaves' with July sizzler hitting 35C across England

The UK has been told the exact data summer will return - and officially began - after a month of wet weather. The UK will experience a "month of heatwaves" through July, some weather forecasters and meteorologists are promising.

Nick Finnis, a senior forecaster at Netweather, says June, July and August are set to be warmer than the 1991-2020 long-term average, with increases of 1C to 1.5C. This suggests “some heatwaves are possible”, with the greatest chances of these most likely in July.

Mr Finnis said: “In summary, for all three summer months, there is a unanimous signal from all models for above-average temperatures in most of the UK over June, July and August. The rainfall signal is more mixed and less clear, with generally no signal for wetter or drier, so on balance, average across all three months.”

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The Met Office outlook from June 27 to July 11 reads: "There is little sign for any one type of weather pattern to dominate during this period. As such, typical conditions for the UK are most probable with a mixture of weather types. All areas can expected to see some spells of drier, sunnier weather, but there will also be showers or longer spells of rain at times.

"Currently the only signals, weak as they are, hint that rain and showers will tend to be more biased towards the north and west, with any more prolonged drier interludes favouring the south. Temperatures are most likely to be close to or slightly above climatological average."

BBC Weather said: "The weather will initially remain quite changeable across the UK with temperatures below the seasonal average. However, there is still a chance of summery conditions developing later in June." It added: "In the next forecast, we will see whether the trend towards a somewhat calmer and more summery July continues."