After highs of 32C or 33C tomorrow, temperatures look to take a dip to something more pleasant
Another day, another heatwave.
London has been no stranger to the heat this summer, with Londoners currently experiencing the fourth in a matter of months. While it’s nothing on what our continental friends are experiencing – France, Spain and Italy are all battling wildfires – it’s safe to say we’ve had enough.
The sun can stay (we’ll miss it when it’s gone), but the heat has been a bit much. The latest from BBC Weather shows that the current heatwave will reach its crescendo tomorrow afternoon (Wednesday, July 29), with temperatures rising as high as 32C or 33C.
Mercifully, things will ease up after, likely falling to the mid- to high-twenties again, making it much easier to actually enjoy the sunny weather. Temperature lows, meanwhile, look set to remain around 15C, so it shouldn’t get too cold, either.
In other words, perfect summer weather.
BBC Weather is also currently forecasting three days on which it could rain, those being Tuesday August 4 to Thursday August 6 (next week). It’s important to remember, however, that meteorologists operate on a likelihood basis so you can plan accordingly. This by no means guarantees rain.
July has been 3C above average across the UK, according to provisional Met Office data on the month so far, potentially putting it among the hottest three or four months of July on record.
And southern England has had just 1% of its average July rainfall, while England has had 5% and the UK as a whole 20%, according to the Met Office.
The heat and ongoing dry conditions pose risks to health, and have led to hosepipe bans for 23 million customers, while even water companies without bans in place are telling households to conserve water.
Drought has been declared across a swathe of Wales, crops and livestock grazing are under pressure and the UK is braced for further wildfires.
The third heatwave in mid-July left firefighters battling 19 significant blazes simultaneously in England and Wales, while the Cairngorms in Scotland have been hit by a major wildfire.
Blazes have wrought destruction in mainland Europe this week, with 220,000 people forced out of their homes in south-west France and 116,000 evacuated in Spain.
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