UK to turn cooler with rain after exceptional heat and dry spell

On Saturday the temperature peaked at 30.6C in southern England. Making it the 40th day somewhere in the UK exceeded 30C this year.

It’s looking unlikely temperatures will peak this high again for the rest of the summer, which meteorologically ends on 31 August.

Temperatures on Monday and Tuesday will still be above average across England and Wales with highs of 20 to 26C.

But they will drop during the rest of the week as a mostly northerly airflow starts to have more influence.

By the end of the week, temperatures across the UK will be around 2 to 4 C below average. Something we haven’t seen much – if really at all – this summer.

Across Scotland and Northern Ireland temperatures will be around 14-17C and for England and Wales, 17-21C.

Nights will become much cooler, and in some part, even colder, too.

By Friday morning temperatures will be in single figures and as low as 3 or 4 C in parts of southern England.

This drop in temperature might come as a bit of a shock for some after being accustomed to the hotter-than-average weather we’ve seen for weeks.

There are no real signs of any hot spells or heatwaves returning.

As for the beginning of September, which ushers in the start of autumn, there are some indications of a bit of warmth returning, though there is still a lot of uncertainty in the forecast computer models.

You can keep up to date with the longer-range forecast in the monthly outlook.