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Eight counties in England could be set for a heatwave including Shropshire (pictured)<\/p>\nEight counties could be hit by a heatwave in a matter of weeks as weather maps turn redEight counties in England could be set for a heatwave including Shropshire (pictured)<\/p>\n
It’s already been a hot and dry summer in England, with three heatwaves so far declared in 2025.<\/p>\n
So far, there’s been hosepipe bans, while the West Midlands was recently placed in drought status.<\/p>\n
Temperatures <\/a>are set to cool off a little heading through July, hovering more so around the 20s.<\/p>\n READ MORE: <\/strong>European city with \u00a3136 weekends away where pints cost \u00a31.64<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Get breaking news on BirminghamLive WhatsApp<\/a>, click the link to join<\/strong><\/p>\n But once August arrives, the mercury <\/a>could crank up again pushing temperatures into the 30s.<\/p>\n According to wxcharts.com, eight counties in England could roast in 30C and 31C temperatures on Saturday, August 2.<\/p>\n Weather charts from WX Charts show a strip of red going down the length of England and its border with Wales, taking in three counties in the Midlands along the way.<\/p>\n The following counties could be set for 30-31C temperatures<\/a> arriving on that day: Merseyside, Cheshire, Shropshire, Worcestershire<\/a>, Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire.<\/p>\n It could see the arrival of a heatwave, with temperatures reaching the high-20s in six of the counties the previous day, and 30C in Gloucestershire and Somerset, on Friday, August 1.<\/p>\n While on Sunday, August 3, the temperature could range between 25C to 29C in these counties.<\/p>\n In order to be classed as an official heatwave in England, the temperature must reach 25C or above for three consecutive days for most parts of the country.<\/p>\n In its long-range forecast from August 1 to August 15, the Met Office said the start of August could see a mix of rain along with some drier, brighter spells.<\/p>\n The forecaster said: “The rather changeable pattern will likely continue through early August with spells of rain or showers mixed in with some drier, brighter days.<\/p>\n “Towards mid-August, there are tentative signs that high pressure may become rather more dominant, which could bring more in the way dry, settled weather more widely.<\/p>\n “Temperatures will likely continue to be above average overall, with the possibility of very warm or hot spells developing later in the period, especially further south and east.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eight counties could be hit by a heatwave in a matter of weeks as weather maps turn redEight…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278775,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5008],"tags":[748,393,4884,16321,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-278774","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-england","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-midlands-weather","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114888691238170068","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278774\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Eight](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0_WX-Charts-temp-66.png\")
Eight counties in England could be hit with 30C and 31C temperatures (Image: WX Charts )<\/p>\n