Brits to bask in 34C highs as eight-day heat alert kicks in and thousands hit with fresh hosepipe ban

BRITS are set to bask in glorious sunshine once again as the next eight days bring another spell of hot weather. Temperatures are forecast to... BRITS are set to bask in glorious sunshine once again as the next eight days bring another spell of hot weather. Temperatures are forecast to reach 28C on Sunday, with higher figures to follow in the coming week. Advertisement The Met Office said temperatures are forecast to rise to 29C on Sunday, then approach the low 30s next week before a peak of 34C on Thursday or Friday in the South East. While the hot spell is not set to reach the record-breaking temperatures the country has faced recently, highs of up to 34C can be expected. A yellow heat health alert warning was issued earlier this week for parts of southern and eastern England and the East Midlands. This alert covers today until 8pm next Saturday and has now been extended to the West Midlands. The UKHSA’s yellow alert comes after a sweltering heatwave last week, during which the Met Office issued a rare red warning for extreme heat. Parts of the country are also facing yet another hosepipe ban. South East Water announced a ban for Kent starting Friday July 3. Southern Water has also confirmed a new hosepipe ban for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight from Friday July 10. Advertisement Anyone found breaching the official ban can be fined up to £1000. Southern Water says on its website that “the warmest spring on record, followed by a record-breaking heatwave, has left river levels 25% lower than expected for this time of year”. Provisional figures from the Met Office show that June was England’s warmest on record for average mean temperature. Helping to break records during the month’s heatwave were the exceptionally warm “tropical nights” helping to drive the highest average June minimum temperatures on record. England recorded a mean temperature last month of 17.1C, according to the provisional figures, beating the previous record set in 2025 and nearly 3C above the long-term average, the Met Office said. Advertisement Met Office meteorologist Becky Mitchell said: “We have got a heatwave on the way across parts of southern England and Wales, temperatures are already quite high across the South East today, we could get 28C in London. “The northern areas of the country will be cloudier with spells of rain at times, so there’s a north/south split. “The peak of the heat appears to be Thursday or Friday, 34C in the South East. “By comparison to the heatwave we saw in June, this heatwave won’t be as hot and humid, but it will be a prolonged spell of hot weather which lasts around a week.”

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