The UK can expect cooler and “fresher” days for the rest of the week before high temperatures return into the weekend, according to forecasters. It comes after highs of 29.5C on Tuesday, recorded in Monks Wood, Cambridgeshire, and a peak of 26C at Fyvie Castle, in Aberdeenshire.
Temperatures on Wednesday are expected to be in the high 20s again across the south-east of England, with other parts of England and Wales seeing low-to-mid 20s and high teens or low 20s in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Thursday and Friday will bring temperatures in the low 20s to areas of England while northern parts of the UK are likely to see 18C to 20C.
But they will again climb to the mid-to-high 20s in the south-east of England on Saturday and Sunday and low 20s in northern areas.
