It remains 'feasible but unlikely' that 40C heat will hit the UK this summer, the Met Office has said.
According the Met Office's Grahame Madge, there is currently "no forecast signal" for temperatures to hit 40C in theTemperatures in the UK have largely remained in the lows 20s so far this summer, with many areas in the UK hit by periodic showers and even thunderstorms.
"There is no forecast signal for temperatures to reach last year’s threshold this year," Mr Madge said. "The chance of reaching 40C is around one per cent, so it is unlikely in any given year, but of course, it remains feasible."It comes exactly one year after record temperatures hit the UK.Before that, it was 38.7C in Cambridge in 2019.
In London last year, extreme temperatures contributed to a number of fires breaking out across the capital.
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