UK temperatures to soar into 'mid-30s' as summer heatwave hits

UK temperatures will FINALLY reach the mid-30s as the British summer arrives with a heatwave. The final week of the sixth month of the year - June 23 to June 30 - will see balmier conditions and sizzling temperatures win out, forecasters say.

James Madden of Exacta Weather said: "At the absolute bare minimum, we should be looking at a good three to five day very warm and hot period or longer". He added that "potentially there could be "excessively hot weather developing during this period (June 23 to 30) as some major heat gets drawn north thanks to high pressure across our shores."

Mr Madden added: "Additionally, these temperatures could reach as high as the low to mid-30s in parts of the south at the peak of this within the next several days". And he expects "parts further north and into Ireland also potentially seeing the 30C mark being reached from this type of high-pressure setup, or at least the high 20s in many parts."

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The Met Office forecast from July 4 to July 18 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 slightly more likely than normal to be above average, than below." The BBC Weather team adds: "Conditions will become slightly drier across the UK with temperatures recovering and rising above average. Warm summer conditions are likely to develop more widely from early next week."

"In the next issue, we will see which trend will continue in July. In view of lowering confidence and consistency in the forecast models, there are several options on the table."