The UK could be on the brink of its first 35C heatwave in TWO years with maps showing the mercury is set to skyrocket in June. Looking ahead, Netweather TV spoke out over WX Charts, using Met Desk data, which shows June will see warmer-than-average conditions up and down the country - from June 8.
Nick Finnis, senior forecaster at NetWeather, said hotter-than-average conditions will remain in place. He said: “For all three summer months, there is a unanimous signal from all models for above average temperatures in most of the UK over June, July and August."
Mr Finnis has predicted a 35C heatwave for the summer, saying: “Most signals point to a warmer-than-average summer is most likely.” The last time the UK saw 35C heat was back in 2022, with the record last year actually being 33C, recorded in early September.
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The Met Office said last year that Britain had experienced its eighth warmest summer since 1884, with June the hottest on record in the country. A wet July and a mixed August followed. In July 2022, Britain recorded its hottest ever day when temperatures topped the 40 C mark for the first time.
Looking ahead at May 27 into June, the BBC Weather team states: " The tendency is for the UK to remain generally warmer over the next week. However, slightly different solutions are on the table, with some of them tending to keep areas of low pressure close to or south of the UK, extending into south-west continental Europe.
"It is then more likely that the high pressure will be over or near Scandinavia and extend at least temporarily, to the northern and eastern parts of the UK. This could bring slightly drier and calmer conditions at times particularly in the northern and eastern areas.
"In the other option low pressure systems move north or north-west of the UK which could bring wetter and windier conditions particularly in northern and western areas. This would lead to slightly drier and calmer conditions in the southern and perhaps eastern areas. In general more changeable conditions are more likely to prevail across much of the UK over the next week, with a south-west to westerly flow on average."
