Temperatures across England and Wales are to surge to the high 20s before rain arrives over the next week.
After a cloudy start to Sunday, fine, sunny weather has provided a pleasant end to the first weekend in September, with temperatures reaching as high as 26°C in the south-east.
In London, temperatures reached 26°C, 21-23°C in the north of England, and 23°C in parts of the south-west.
The Met Office’s five-day forecast shows early rain on Monday, but it will clear through southern and central areas of England, with dry and bright weather until late. However, this will be followed by showers moving south-eastwards, with gales towards the northwest.The rain will ease throughout Tuesday, leading to a mostly dry and bright day on Wednesday. Thursday will start fine and dry but outbreaks of rain will follow, with stronger winds likely to move in from the west.
The Met Office said: “As we head further into September, the distribution of rainfall becomes increasingly uncertain at this range. Settled or dry spells are still likely between weather systems.
“Temperatures are likely to be around average overall, although some warm spells are possible, particularly in the south.”
Earlier this week, forecasts warned that the climate phenomenon known as the El Niño could bring wet and stormy weather to the UK this autumn and winter.
The Met Office has warned that this year’s El Niño is unprecedented and could be the largest since the 18th century.
Warmest summer on record
This follows a summer that has shocked the UK and caused significant upset to farmland and water supplies. Provisional figures released by the Met Office at the start of the month showed that this summer was the warmest in the UK since records began in 1884.
The average temperature across June, July and August was 16.5°C, beating the previous high of 16.1C set only last year.
It means the top six warmest summers on record have all occurred this century, including three this decade: 2026 being the hottest, followed by 2025, 2018, 2006, 2003 and 2022.
An aerial view of Silbury Hill in Avebury. Over 71 per cent of England is officially in drought following an exceptionally dry summer and record-low rainfall (Photo: Brook Mitchell/Getty Images)Charities whose sites were hit by wildfires this summer have called for action as the “brutal reality” of extreme heat was laid bare.
The RSPB warned that this is an emergency “that is only going to get worse” and stressed that the Government needed to “respond urgently”.
A summer like this year is around 130 times more likely because of climate change and is now a “one in nine-year event”, the Met Office said.
The figures reflect the impact of a “remarkable” summer of extreme heat and very little rainfall, which led to devastating wildfires, water restrictions for millions and many areas being declared in drought.
Parts of the country have seen as many as five heatwaves in recent months, with the first in late May, followed by one in late June, two in July and one in mid-August.
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