PA Media Amber heat health alerts have been issued for parts of England as temperatures are set to climb to more than 30C. They will be in force from 12:00 BST on Friday until 18:00 BST on Tuesday, with the warmest weather expected on Sunday and Monday. The amber alerts will be in place for...
Rain and showers are forecast for Thursday with a fresh feel to the weather. Humidity increases on Friday as a warm airmass associated with the recent extreme heatwave in the USA makes it’s way across the Atlantic. Rain and showers will affect the north-west of the UK, but with more sunshine in eastern England, temperatures...
The UK is on track to break its record for the hottest day of the year for two days running with temperatures forecast to soar up to 33C on Friday. Hot and dry conditions are expected to continue with the weather on track to reach the low 30s in many areas, but it could surpass...
Simon King Lead Weather Presenter PA Media Amber heat health alerts have been issued across the whole of England with temperatures likely to exceed 30C for the first time this year. The alerts, which will be in effect from midday on Thursday until 09:00 BST on Monday, come as an expected heatwave approaches much of...
PA Media Temperatures are set to reach 30C (86F) in parts of the UK on Thursday, with the heat expected to build steadily as the week goes on. It is likely to mean the first heatwave of 2025 being declared by the weekend. The nights will also be much warmer from Thursday, with many areas...
The warm weather will be concentrated across East Anglia and south-east England on Monday and Tuesday before spreading across the Midlands, east Wales and north England by the weekend. On Monday we’re likely to reach 26C, by Wednesday the heat becomes much more widespread with highs of 28C and by the weekend the hot spots...
Not all parts of the country will experience the warmth this weekend as high pressure will only influence conditions across parts of England and Wales. Meanwhile, low pressure systems will continue further north – bringing showers or longer spells of rain to northern England, Scotland and Northern Ireland over the next few days, with maybe...
The forecast higher temperatures are down to a weak ridge of high pressure that will build over the south of the UK. In the warmest areas, temperatures are expected to reach 23C on Thursday, climbing to 25C on Friday and 26C on Saturday. Is this a heatwave? To officially classify as one, temperatures must exceed...
Georgina Rannard Climate and science reporter Getty Images Temperatures in the seas around the UK and Ireland have soared in the past week with some areas now 4C warmer than normal, with potential implications for marine life and people going swimming. The heatwave is most intense off the west coast of Ireland as well as...
The U.S. is headed into what forecasters expect to be one of the hottest summers on record, and millions of people across the country will struggle to pay their power bills as temperatures and energy costs rise. A 2023 national survey found that nearly 1 in 4 Americans were unable to pay their full energy...
The dry and sunny weather during spring has been due to the presence of areas of high pressure close to the UK. We have often had a blocked weather pattern, something which may become more frequent due to climate change. Rain and thunderstorms on Monday will then die out and next week another area of...
Elizabeth Rizzini with what the weather this Early May bank holiday has in store. Read full article at source...
A new record was set for the hottest start to any May on record on Thursday, with temperatures reaching 28C (82.4F) in London. That high, which was recorded at Kew Gardens shortly after 13:00 BST, beat the previous record of 27.4C (81.3F), which was set in Lossiemouth, Scotland, in 1990. Much of the UK basked...
Very warm, even hot weather will be felt right across the UK on Wednesday with temperatures widely in the low to mid-twenties. The hottest weather will be in south-east England where the thermometer is expected to reach 27C and it will become the warmest spell of April weather for seven years. And with around 26C...
Simon King Lead Weather Presenter PA Media St James’s Park in London on Monday, where the highest temperature of the year so far was recorded Temperatures could reach 29C (82F) this week, after the warmest day of the year so far was recorded on Monday. The 24.5C recorded at St James’s Park in London will...