The Great British Summertime is set to make a return this weekend with the wet and chilly weather of the past few days behind us, as many parts of the UK face scorching temperatures.
Met Office maps show Brits face temperatures as hot as 29C on Saturday and Sunday but the hot weather is set to be widespread with more than 30 UK counties set for at least 26C.
Met Office Chief Forecaster Paul Gundersen said the UK must endure a few more wet and chilly days of unsettled weather before the payoff at the weekend, however.
He said: “Temperatures across the UK will remain below average for most of this week and it’ll often feel rather chilly, but in the sunny spells between showers, the strength of the June sunshine will provide a short-term boost making conditions feel pleasant in sheltered areas.”
View 3 ImagesMany places will see temperatures of 26C or higher on Sunday(Image: Met Office)
Conditions are forecast to improve significantly from Saturday, the Met Office said. Deputy Chief Meteorologist Steven Keates said: “From this weekend the UK forecast will have a distinctly warmer and drier component with a prolonged spell of above-average temperatures, with values in some locations quite likely to reach 27 to 29C, with the potential for higher values than this.”
This hot spell will last well into the following week at least, Met Office forecasters are predicting.
With the hot weather set to make a return, Brits are being urged to be careful in and around the water this weekend and beyond. The UK has seen a horrifying death toll of 19 children and adults killed in water related incidents during one week, in the record-breaking heatwave from May 24 to 31
View 3 ImagesSunny weather is set to make a comeback this weekend(Image: Met Office)
Yesterday the Mirror launched our ‘Save Lives for Sam’ campaign to stop the “catastrophic” deaths of 33 children who drown in England every year – “the equivalent of a classroom of children lost”.
Bereaved families, Olympic legends and safety organisations have joined together to call on the Government to take five key steps to save young lives across the country.
- Bedfordshire
- Berkshire
- Bristol
- Buckinghamshire
- Cambridgeshire
- Carmarthenshire
- Derbyshire
- East Midlands
- Essex
- Gloucestershire
- Greater London
- Hampshire
- Herefordshire
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- Kent
- Leicestershire
- Lincolnshire
- Monmouthshire
- Northamptonshire
- Nottinghamshire
- Oxfordshire
- Shropshire
- Somerset
- Staffordshire
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- Surrey
- Warwickshire
- West Midlands
- Wiltshire
- Worcestershire
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