After Britain’s dreary winter perhaps we should have been more cautious in our prayers for sunshine – as the third heatwave of summer will strike next week.
Temperatures in the South could reach 29C (84F) today, rising to the low-30s on Tuesday and Wednesday before the South East sees a peak of 34C (93F) on Thursday or Friday, says the Met Office.
This follows June’s heatwave when a record temperature for the month of 37.7C was set in Lingwood, Norfolk, on Friday, June 26.
That came after May’s record heatwave when 35.1C was reached in Kew, London, smashing the previous peak of 32.8C
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