Oh, you thought London was hot last weekend? Well, gird your loins – it’s about to turn even hotter.
After a few days of relief, the Met Office has forecast that London will heat up once again over the next few days, reaching 29C on Saturday, 31C on Sunday and rising to an absolutely blistering temperature of 35C on Monday, June 30. It’ll be the hottest start to the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in its 147 year history.
According to the forecast, Monday’s peak heat of 35C won’t hit until around 4pm and it’ll stay that hot until around 7-8pm, so you’ll have plenty of time to bask in the blazing sun after work. But that also means that Londoners are also in for a sweaty night of sleep.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has issued amber heat health alert for the capital in anticipation of the boiling temperatures. It kicks in at 12pm on Friday, June 27 and lasts until Tuesday, July 1.
In its outlook for Sunday to Tuesday, the Met Office describes the weather as: ‘Staying largely dry with good spells of sunshine into next week. Turning increasingly very warm or hot, and humid. Some warm nights to come too. Light winds.’
Things are set to cool down on Wednesday and Thursday, with a nice and bearable high of 25C predicted for the city. Looking a little further ahead, BBC weather predicts that there could be some thunderstorms later next week. It says: ‘Whilst some rain or showers are possible across the south and east, longer drier spells are more likely, under the influence of higher pressure. There is also the chance of some occasional very warm, perhaps locally hot weather, as brief bursts of hotter air encroach from the continent, but probably fairly short-lived and perhaps also accompanied by a few thunderstorms at times.’
See what the heatwave has in store for the rest of the UK here.
Staying cool in the city
Wondering how on earth you’re going to cope in the heat? Let us help you out. London is awash with lidos and open-air pools that are perfect for a cool down. There are also loads of beautiful beer gardens where you can hydrate with a nice cold pint, lots of shaded woodlands to wander through and plenty of big, air-conditioned attractions, like the Tate Modern and British Museum, if you want to get out of the sun completely.
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