{"id":203998,"date":"2026-07-11T00:44:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T00:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2026\/07\/11\/cooler-for-some-this-weekend-but-heatwave-continues\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T00:44:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T00:44:57","slug":"cooler-for-some-this-weekend-but-heatwave-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2026\/07\/11\/cooler-for-some-this-weekend-but-heatwave-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"Cooler for some this weekend but heatwave continues"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Temperatures in some parts of the UK will feel noticeably cooler this weekend – but the heatwave is set to continue with heat health alerts still in force for nearly all of England.<\/b><\/p>\n

A strengthening north-easterly wind will shift the hottest spots from south-east England further west across the west Midlands and south-east Wales.<\/p>\n

Friday saw temperatures exceed 35C, making it a record for the most 35+C days in a calendar year – bringing the total so far in 2026 to six. It also brought the total of 34+C days to nine – another record. It also saw parts of Scotland enter into heatwave after three days of at least 25C.<\/p>\n

Amber and yellow heat health alerts issued by the UK Health Security Agency, external<\/span> (UKHSA) remain in place across large parts of England until 21:00 BST on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Five water companies also announced hosepipe bans due to a lack of rain and increased water demand affecting over five million people.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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On Friday, the maximum temperature in England of 35.2C was recorded in Coton-in-the Elms, Derbyshire, while Usk, Monmouthshire saw the highest temperature of 34.3C in Wales.<\/p>\n

Threave, Dumfries and Galloway recorded Scotland’s highest temperature of 29.7C, while the highest temperature in Northern Ireland peaked at 27.4C in Killowen, Co. Down. <\/p>\n

On Saturday the highest temperatures will be in the west Midlands, south-east Wales and parts of southern England – up to 33C.<\/p>\n

A brisk north-easterly wind means that eastern parts of England will feel a drop off in temperatures.<\/p>\n

North Sea coasts from Northumberland to Suffolk could remain cloudy and misty on Saturday but should be much sunnier on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Scotland and Northern Ireland will also see more cloud.<\/p>\n

Showers in eastern Scotland will have died out by Sunday bringing more sunshine.<\/p>\n

Temperatures will be 23 or 24C at best but eastern Scotland will be cooler.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, as the wind strengthens, temperatures will be a few degrees lower still in England and Wales – but could still reach 30C in southern England.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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These changes to the weather do not mean an end to the heatwave.<\/p>\n

It is set to heat up again next week, and while it will not a be as hot as the past seven days, the heatwave criteria could be met in more of the UK by Wednesday or Thursday.<\/p>\n

High pressure will remain centred to the north of the UK and the brisk east to north-easterly winds will gradually lessen with warmer air from northern France pushing back into southern England. Here temperatures will get back up to 32 or 33C.<\/p>\n

Current forecasts suggest somewhere in the UK will reach 30C or more for 12 days in a row but this could come to an end by next weekend.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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For most places the answer is no. <\/p>\n

But with lower pressure sitting the other side of the English Channel the far south-west of England could see some showers on Monday. These should die out as they run further north on Tuesday. <\/p>\n

It is not really until the end of the week that the chance of rain is greater. This currently looks confined to southern parts of England, and perhaps only briefly.<\/p>\n

Most of the downpours may be over the near continent as high pressure is forecast to build back across the UK next weekend from the Atlantic. This would bring a cooler wind but no rain.<\/p>\n

Looking further ahead temperatures are most likely to stay above average with some hot days expected, especially in central, southern and eastern regions.<\/p>\n

There will be a lot of dry weather, with occasional rain mostly affecting northern areas.<\/p>\n

Although according to the Met Office’s three-month outlook, near-average rainfall is expected for July, August and September with large regional variations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Millions of people across the south-east of the England will be affected by hosepipe bans due to concerns over the lack of rainfall.<\/p>\n

Anglian Water has introduced its first hosepipe ban in a decade which applies to customers in the east of England and begins at 01:00 BST on Saturday.<\/p>\n

A ban for one million households supplied by Southern Water in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight has also come into force. South East Water has its own restrictions in place.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, Cambridge Water also announced its first hosepipe ban in 30 years.<\/p>\n

The past winter months of December 2025 through to February 2026 brought an overall 13% more rainfall compared to average in the UK. However, there were stark regional differences. England saw 42% more than average whilst Scotland received 14% below average.<\/p>\n

However, the spring that followed was overall 14% below the long-term meteorological average in terms of rainfall for the UK, and again varied enormously depending on where you are.<\/p>\n

Northern England had 90% of its average, whereas there was just 50% in southern England.<\/p>\n

Some spots in the south-east and east of England saw around a third of their average seasonal rainfall, including Suffolk (33%), Kent (33%), Essex (34%), Cambridgeshire (35%) and the City of London (36%).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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