🌞 Scorching summer alert! 🌞 UK’s heatwave isn’t letting up just yet! The Met Office has announced that our sizzling weather is set to stick around for another week or so. With temperatures hitting over 30°C for the past 11 days, some areas might break the heatwave streak soon as cooler air creeps in. 🌡️
If you’ve been basking in the sunshine or struggling to keep cool, brace yourselves as 2026 is shaping up to be one of the hottest summers we’ve ever seen. England’s temps are soaring 2.4°C above average, while Wales isn’t far behind at 2.2°C higher than usual. Even Scotland and Northern Ireland are feeling the heat with their warmest days running higher than the norm.
So, what’s next? Will the heatwave hold? It’s all dependent on those temps – London needs 28°C+, and 25°C+ elsewhere, for it to officially last. 🌡️
And there’s more: the high humidity this year has added an extra level of discomfort to the blazing heat. We’re only halfway through this summer, but it’s already smashing records set back in 1976 with more days over 30°C and the earliest 35°C benchmarks ever seen in May, June, and July!
Stay hydrated, seek shade, and let’s see what the rest of this extraordinary summer has to bring! ☀️💧