Weather maps show a 30C heatwave has been forecast and will stretch over a huge chunk of England, and when certain areas will be the hottest. The UK has already experienced three heatwaves this summer with another potentially on the way in August. In fact, temperatures could reach as high as 38C in a small number of areas across the country in August. But for the most part, the hottest temperatures for much of the UK will be in the low 30s.
The whopping 30C-plus heat will stretch from areas around London all the way up to Yorkshire as weather maps turn a roaring red this month. Hot conditions will sweep over the country on Wednesday, August 20, with a map showing the hottest areas. Temperatures will reach as high as 33C in certain areas on the day, with the warmest conditions expected I the late afternoon.
The areas with temperatures above 30C on Wednesday, August 20, will be:
- Greater London
- Kent
- Surry
- Berkshire
- Oxfordshire
- Gloucestershire
- Buckinghamshire
- Warwickshire
- Northamptonshire
- Bedfordshire
- Hertfordshire
- Essex
- Norfolk
- Suffolk
- Cambridgeshire
- Leicestershire
- Rutland
- Lincolnshire
- Nottinghamshire
- South Yorkshire
- West Yorkshire
Meanwhile, counties that will experience temperatures in the high 20s include Hampshire, Wiltshire, Dorset, Somerset, Worcestershire, West Midlands, North Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Greater Manchester and Cumbria.
The Met Office has predicted a changeable start to the month of August for much of the UK, with Storm Floris being a recent example of that. From there, there will be more settled and sunny weather throughout the country.
The forecast from mid-August to the beginning of September reads: “High pressure, and therefore largely settled conditions overall, appears more likely for the second half of August. Although dry weather is likely to dominate, periods of rain or showers and thunderstorms may develop at times, these perhaps more likely later in the period.
“Above average temperatures overall seem most likely, with the potential for hot spells to develop, especially in the east and south.”