Hottest summer in 350 YEARS: Incredible UK weather maps show BRUTAL heat could last MONTHS
BRITAIN is on the brink of its hottest summer in 350 YEARS with the savage hot weather engulfing the UK set to last MONTHS.
By JASON TAYLOR
Express.co.uk
Tue, Jul 24, 2018
The Met Office warned the “remarkable” temperatures across the UK are on course to last until at least late August with “very warm, hot or very hot” conditions likely for at least another five weeks.
It means Britain is officially on course for its hottest summer ever, with the record-breaking temperatures of 1976 – which is believed to be the hottest since at least the 1600s – now very seriously under threat.
Paul Gundersen, Chief Meteorologist at the Met Office, said: “The heatwave conditions will continue across much of England through this week, with temperatures possibly into the mid to high 30s Celsius in places on Thursday and Friday and it’s possible that we could break the July record of 36.7 °C if conditions all come together.
“More changeable conditions are expected across Northern Ireland and western Scotland with showers or longer spells of rain at times with maximum temperatures nearer normal.”
It came as a string of incredibly detailed new weather maps and charts appeared to support the long-range forecast, with searing heat and no rain compounding the driest spell in recent memory.
Half-way through this meteorological summer, the daily maximum temperature is 20.9C, while the hottest complete summer on record saw an average daily maximum of 21C.
In 1976 the Central England Temperature (CET) between June and August averaged 17.8C. According to the Met Office, the average maximum temperature was 20.96C – with both figures now severely under threat if the hot weather continues, as forecasters expect.
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