Hot stuff coming through!
Temperatures across the UK are set to soar next month - but Met Office forecasters say a repeat of the extreme temperatures of 2022 will not be likely.
“We have a chance of warmer conditions and we have seen to that anyway with climate change,” Met Office senior spokesman Grahame Madge told The Mirror. "Over the first half of July there is not a strong indicator of hot weather.“We have to remember that there is currently a one per cent chance of 40C temperatures in our climate. For mid to high 30Cs we could get that and they are becoming more frequent. But for 40C it is always going to be an extreme event even with weather change.
“We have seen 32.2C twice this month and 30C temperatures are likely looking at the three month projection with the south east being the hottest,” he said. “Before the industrial revolution our climate was not capable of creating temperatures of 40C and even now it is not a regular thing but it will be by the end of the century.
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