Higher chance of hot summer and heatwaves across UK, Met Office predicts

Forecasters say it is 2.3 times more likely than normal that the UK will have a hot summer this year (Yui Mok/PA) - (PA Wire)

It is twice as likely that summer will be hot across the UK this year, the Met Office has predicted as the forecasting body also warned of an increased risk of heatwaves.

The predictions come on the heels of the country’s sunniest spring on record, with some 630 hours of sunshine clocked up across the country between March 1 and May 27, in what has also been the driest spring for more than a century.