UK set for 'three months' of 'heatwave after heatwave' this summer

The UK faces "three months" of heatwave after heatwave in a hotter than average summer. Weather forecasters and meteorologists have delivered their verdicts for the summer months ahead of the sixth month of the year, June, arriving next week.

Ahead of the new month, UK weather forecasters have had their say on what lies ahead for the country. Nick Finnis, from Netweather, 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 forecaster, who writes blogs for Netweather TV, went on and said: "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." The Met Office long-range outlook added : “There is an increased chance of hot conditions.

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"But this does not imply continuous heatwave conditions, and there could be less extreme levels of warmth than heatwaves.” The Met Office outlook for this summer said there is a 35 per cent probability of much-warmer-than-average temperatures over the next three months, compared to just a five per cent chance of much cooler conditions.

The BBC Weather team says May 18 to May 26 is "staying warmer" while May 27 to June 2 is "perhaps cooler". But June 3 to June 16 will be "warmer" and "changeable". It said: "Generally it will stay rather changeable across the UK but temperatures are likely to remain above average.

"Drier and calmer interludes are more likely in northern and eastern parts at times." The Met Office says May 23 to June 1 will be "unsettled" with temperatures a "little above average" before "markedly different from climatology through the first half of June."

It said: "That said, both temperatures and rainfall are more-likely to be a little above average overall, with further rain or showers (possibly heavy/thundery at times) but also some spells of warm sunshine."