Heatwave to continue in UK as Met dept forecast temperature above 30 degrees Celsius over weekend

Nicola Maxey, spokeswoman with the Met Office, said, “There may be isolated recordings of 31C and 32C in London and the south-east but the rest of the country will also be in the high 20s by Saturday afternoon. Both Birmingham and Manchester could see temperatures of 28C.”

According to the UK Met Office, July 8 was the hottest day in England this year when Gosport, Hampshire, reached 32.4C (90.3F). However, on June 28, Porthmadog in north Wales saw the temperature of 33 degrees Celcius, setting the UK record for 2018. In 2013, there were 19 consecutive days of temperatures over 28C. This is Britain’s longest heatwave in the last five years with the heatwaves still continuing.

The scorching summer of the year 1976 was the hottest since records began, which led to severe drought at several places.

Meanwhile, at least 14 people were killed due to intense heatwave in Japan over a three-day long weekend. The high temperatures also hampered the recovery in flood-hit areas where more than 200 people died last week. On Monday, mercury surged above 39 degrees Celsius (102.2 Fahrenheit) in some inland areas and combined with high humidity to produce dangerous conditions, the Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA) said, according to Reuters.

According to the World Meteorological Organisation, a heatwave is noticed “when the daily maximum temperature of more than five consecutive days exceeds the average maximum temperature by 5C, the normal period being 1961-1990”.