Netweather, Ventusky and WX Charts maps and charts, which use Met Desk data, show the possibility of rising temperatures.
Exact date 37C heatwave could hit UK with nine counties in England at risk
The exact dates a 37C heatwave could hit England next month – the hottest of the year so far and the fourth heatwave in total – has emerged. Netweather, Ventusky and WX Charts maps and charts, which use Met Desk data, show the possibility of rising temperatures.
The conditions could begin on August 9, before peaking at 37C around Nottingham and Leicester in the East Midlands on August 11. The above average temperatures of around the thirties will stick around in England until August 12.
Places set to sizzle including Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Oxfordshire, Northants, Derbyshire, and Home Counties – Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire – just north of London, too.
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Looking at August, the Met Office says: “Rain and showers across Scotland and Northern Ireland will spread east at times, but eastern Scotland should see dry and fine weather continue in shelter of high ground.
“High pressure to the southwest of the UK will maintain drier weather across the southern half of the UK, and eastern England will also likely see much more in the way of dry and fine weather as well.
“Low pressure to the northwest is never too far away and this may continue to bring unsettled conditions for western Scotland and Northern Ireland, with some breezy winds as well.
“Perhaps turning widely settled later into August where high pressure to the southwest extends more bodily across the country. Temperatures around or a little above normal, perhaps warming further up later in the month.”
The Met Office adds: “High pressure, and therefore more settled conditions overall, appears most likely for the second half of August. There may still be some rain and cloud clipping the west or northwest at times.
“For most, dry weather is likely to continue, although short periods of showers and thunderstorms cannot be ruled out.
“Temperatures are most likely to be around to above average, with a near normal chance of brief spells of hot weather.”
The days ahead will have pleasant temperatures with sunny spells and a few showers, the BBC Weather team has said.