Another heatwave could be on the horizon, the Met Office has predicted, as the UK reels from a month of unprecedented hot and dry conditions.
Temperatures are expected to finally come down this week after the fifth heatwave brought the hottest day of the year so far, with provisional peaks of 38.1C.
But the Met Office has warned there is a chance of a late-season heatwave developing in the south as the UK moves into the meteorological autumn.
According to the forecaster’s long-term forecast for 30 August to 13 September, “there is a chance that late-season hot spells or heatwaves develop, especially in the south.”
The Met Office predicts “drier, more settled weather is slightly more likely towards the south and east. Temperatures are again likely to be near to or above average overall”.
It comes as almost three-quarters of England, and all of Wales, has been plunged into drought after the driest July on record.
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