After a washout July, Met Office forecasts it will be brighter and drier than of unseasonal conditions of late
After weeks of wet and chilly weather, it looks like summer might be finally arriving. Temperatures are expected to reach highs of 27C in parts of the UK next week as the summer holidays get under way.
Clouds and cooler weather returned this weekend after the hottest day of the year so far on Friday, with a temperature of 31.9C at St James’s Park, central London, making it the warmest recorded day of 2024.