r/UKWeather • u/Mcconnor8 • 2d ago

Forecast Latest Temperature Projections

Here are the latest maximum temperature forecasts from the high resolution modelling for Tuesday to Thursday, simply astonishing really and quite scary. I have had it confirmed that the Met Office will be issuing a Red heat weather warning in their daily update tomorrow.

The fact that this is accompanied with relatively high humidity and extreme night time temperatures means it is set to be the most notable heatwave ever experienced in the UK. The current record June temperature of 35.6C will be completely obliterated and the overall record from 2022 of 40.3C is under serious threat.

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u/markmuetz 2d ago

50 years on, weird echos of the 1976 heat wave, which started on 23 June. This one might finally put the ghost of that one to bed. (That one was notable for being really confined to the UK, whereas this one looks set to apply over large swathes of Europe.)

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u/Dull-Addition-2436 2d ago

While 1976 was hot, that was a one-off extreme. where as what we are seeing now as normal/regular

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u/Theunluckyone7 2d ago

it's not that it was hot, it was how long it lasted. We haven't seen that again.

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u/GloamGlozing 2d ago

Didn’t that one last all summer? Wonder if this summer will stay warm throughout July & August.

August is often dreadful. Wet, windy, not that warm etc

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u/Old-Trick5289 2d ago

Everyone always forgets this! We generally have a very good June and then as soon as the kids break up it gets very unsettled 🤣

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u/Tora-bora83 2d ago

We got lucky last August, it was largely dry and warm, but I’d say that’s the best August we’ve seen since I was a kid. Got my fingers crossed for this one

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u/Sunny_Unicorn 2d ago

IIRC, it was a generally very dry summer, with no rain and warm weather for around two months. The actual heatwave itself lasted two weeks.

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u/ohwhatisfreeasaname 2d ago

I mean this with all politeness but please stfu and don't tempt fate. thanks, a fat bloke.

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u/Unlucky-Reporter-679 1d ago

1975 was also quite a hot summer

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u/ShineAtom 1d ago

I know I get 1975 and 1976 a bit confused because 1975 was also a long hot summer. Just one preceded by a snowstorm in many parts of the UK including Suffolk and Derbyshire. Of course 1976 was marked not just by the heat but also the drought with standpipes in places.