UK hot weather forecast sees nation facing 96 hour heatwave in days (2024)

UK hot weather forecast sees nation facing 96 hour heatwave in days - new maps (Image: WX Charts)

The dreary July weather we're having in the UK could be set to heat up as experts predict a 96-hour heatwave across many parts of the country.

Forecasters predict that another mini heatwave could be on its way this month after a particularly grey start to July.

Netweather maps predict that some parts of the UK may reach 25C by July 19.

In London and surrounding areas, the weather is expected to be in the mid 20s, while up north the temperatures will range from 17C to 23C depending on location.

Jim Dale, a weather expert from British Weather Services said: “We are in two weathers at the moment but we are going to come away from it.

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The weather in the UK is set for another mini heatwave, according to maps (Image: Netweather)

“As we move on bit by bit next week, it’s going to get better. By July 19 and 20, we could see 30C in southern England.

“We are going to come out of the cooler period and then move toward a bit warmer and then slowly towards the higher temperatures.

“The southern areas will see high temperatures as compared to the northern areas. It is a progressive thing but we need to stay cautious and watch how the weather plays up in the coming days.”

The Met Office’s long-range forecast between July 13 and 22 reads: “Into the weekend conditions will be mostly cool to average with some showers at times, most settled in the north west but increasingly showery to the southeast with a low risk of a more humid and thundery plume affecting eastern areas at first."

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Some parts of the UK are expected to reach temperatures of 25C (Image: WX Charts)

“The first part of the new week likely to see a mostly showery westerly breeze establish allowing temperatures to recover to around or just above average, feeling warm in sunnier periods outside of showers/heavy showers or thunderstorms, with a more settled spell to the southwest mid-week possibly spreading to much of the UK, though this likely only brief before a more showery northwest flow resumes."

It comes after a cool start start to the month, with many places already expereincing more than their July average rainfall.

Some parts of England, especially in East Anglia, the Midlands and the south-east, have already seen around a month's worth of rain.

As of Monday, Northolt in west London had a recorded 66mm of rain in the first seven days of the month - 139% of the total experts say they would expect for the whole of July.

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