Weather and climate change

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Heatwave peaking on Saturday.

Today:

Dry, hot and sunny for almost all of the UK. Cooler around some eastern coasts, where low cloud and patchy sea fog may linger in places. Very low chance of an isolated thunderstorm across Northern Ireland and southern Wales.

Tonight:

Clear skies in the west and feeling very muggy here in towns and cities. Low cloud over the North Sea spreading inland across eastern England and Scotland.

Sunday:

Low cloud in the east retreating to coasts. Mainly settled, but showers possible in the southwest later. Very warm, though less so than Saturday, and much cooler for eastern coasts.

Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

Turning more unsettled next week with heavy showers and thunderstorms at times. Hot in the east on Monday, otherwise temperatures dropping closer to the seasonal average.

Updated: 05:00 (UTC+1) on Sat 12 Jul 2025

Weather conditions are expected to be changeable across the UK during this forecast period. Periods of fine and dry weather are expected at times. These settled spells could persist for several days at a time and are likely to be accompanied by plenty of sunshine. Interspersed with this will be cloudier, more unsettled intervals which will bring some showers or longer spells of persistent rainfall. Some of the rainfall is likely to be heavy in places, with a risk thunderstorms at times as well. Temperatures are expected to be above normal for the majority of the UK throughout this period. Some hot conditions are likely to develop at times, particularly in southern and eastern areas of the UK.

Updated: 15:00 (UTC+1) on Sat 12 Jul 2025

Changeable conditions are expected across the UK during this period. Periods of fine and dry weather will be interspersed with more unsettled intervals bringing showers or longer spells of rain, these heavy at times. Temperatures are expected to be above normal and it could be hot at times in parts of the south and east.

Updated: 16:00 (UTC+1) on Fri 11 Jul 2025