Exactly when ‘super heatwave’ will hit the UK with high 30s predicted this summer
Brits could soon be facing a 'super heatwave' with extremely warm temperatures predicted for the United Kingdom this summer.
Summertime in the UK can be a bit of a mixed bag, quickly going from gorgeous sunny days and temperatures of 30 degrees Celsius to cloud, wind, and jacket weather.
It's why millions of us head overseas every summer season, where the promise of a week or two in uninterrupted sunshine is more of a surefire hit. A warning has been issued this year, though, aimed specifically at those going to Spain.
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But, according to predictions, it appears the 2024 summer in Britain will be a warm one.
One expert has even described the looming weather as a 'super heatwave' with temperatures in the 'high thirties'. Yep, definitely sun cream weather.
James Madden, a forecaster from Exacta Weather, has this week said that we'll get a 'major heat event' akin to the summers experienced in 2018 and last year.
"Major heatwave or super heatwave still on target for mid-summer, plus proof of our previous correct forecasts for major heat events (Summer 2018, June 2023, September 2023)," he wrote.
It is predicted that the extreme temperatures of the high 30 degrees Celsius will hit the UK from 'mid-July'.
Madden said: "Our earlier high-confidence forecast for a major heatwave or super heatwave is still on target to develop in or around mid-July for the UK and Ireland, and temperatures could still reach as high as the mid to high 30C mark at the peak of this."
The Met Office, which serves as the UK's official national weather and climate service, has yet to offer predictions as far as mid-July.
But the weather before then is a bit of a mixed bag, so the consistent warmness might be welcome by some.
For mid-June, it says: "A general continuation initially, of sunshine and showers for many areas, the odd one could be heavy across the south. Thereafter a build of pressure will probably bring settled conditions across the country for a few days, with dry, sunny conditions prevailing.
"While confidence in the timing of any change of type is uncertain, from the middle of the week towards the weekend dry conditions may start to decline with a greater chance of more unsettled weather developing. Should this happen, wettest conditions are likely to be in the north and west, with driest weather in the south and east.
"There is still a chance that drier conditions could remain in place more widely. Temperatures likely to be near or slightly below average at first, perhaps slightly above normal later."
As for July, the Met Office only offers predictions up to 5 July.
"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," it says.
"Temperatures are most likely to be close to normal or slightly above."
Topics: Weather, UK News, Environment
Tom Earnshaw