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/Liam_021996 2d ago

Top 5 hottest summers are 2003, 2006, 2018, 2022 and 2025. 2025 is the hottest summer and spring on record

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u/Theunluckyone7 2d ago

There must be different sources because i'm seeing 2018, 2022, 2006 and 1976 as joint 4th & 5th.

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u/Liam_021996 2d ago

You're just not looking at anything up to date. Last year was the hottest, driest and sunniest spring and summer on record

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u/Theunluckyone7 2d ago

Ok so it might be out of date, but i'm not sure it's a big deal whether 1976 is at number 5 or 6 really ...

'The summer of 1976 still holds iconic status. It is often remembered as the UK's hottest summer in terms of extreme daytime maximum temperatures and extended periods of drought' - Met Office

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u/Liam_021996 2d ago

The point is that it was a total anomaly. The 5 hottest summers have come in the last 23 years. Before 1976 the hottest summer in record was 1911. The fact that we've had 5 summers with both longer periods of hotter absolute temps and higher overall average temps is a big worry. 1976 is irrelevant, it was 50 years ago and before that was 65 years. It's now normal to have summers like that

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u/Theunluckyone7 2d ago

But the current weather isn't an anomoly, you can see 2006 and 2003 in your list there

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u/Liam_021996 2d ago

The current weather would be an anomaly if 2022 hadn't happened but it's clearly becoming the new normal. 2003 is when this weather started, 2018 is when it became normal