North East weather forecast hour by hour for Tuesday 12 July and Wednesday 13 July according to the Met Office

Summer is in swing across the United Kingdom, and the North East is expected to see its fair share of the heat over the coming days.

Although weather experts at the Met Office expect it to be cloudy for the most part tomorrow (12 July), residents and visitors across Newcastle upon Tyne can expect highs of 23 °C subsiding to lows of 17 throughout the night.

A Met Office spokesperson, said: "Cloudy changing to sunny intervals by early evening."

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The lull of sunshine is only expected to last 24 hours though, with the sun coming back out to play as Wednesday rolls in, and staying bright until the sun sets. The temperature is expected to be slightly less, with highs of 19 °C expected and lows of 13 °C.

It's bad news for hayfever sufferers however, with Tuesday hosting a high pollen count - and Wednesday (13 July) a 'very high' pollen count across the board.

Here is an hour-by-hour weather forecast for Tuesday, 12 July:

6am: Cloudy and a max temperature of 19°C.

7am: Cloudy and a max temperature of 19°C.

8am: Cloudy and a max temperature of 19°C.

9am: Cloudy and a max temperature of 19°C.

10am: Cloudy and a max temperature of 19°C.

11am: Cloudy and a max temperature of 20°C.

12noon: Cloudy and a max temperature of 21°C.

1pm: Cloudy and a max temperature of 22°C.

2pm: Cloudy and a max temperature of 22°C.

3pm: Cloudy and a max temperature of 22°C.

4pm: Cloudy and a max temperature of 22°C.

5pm: Cloudy and a max temperature of 22°C.

6pm: Sunny intervals and a max temperature of 21°C

7pm: Sunny intervals and a max temperature of 20°C

8pm: Sunny intervals and a max temperature of 19°C

9pm: Sunny intervals and a max temperature of 18°C

10pm: Clear night and a max temperature of 18°C

11pm: Clear night and a max temperature of 17°C

Three-hour weather forecast for Wednesday, 13 July:

12midnight: Clear night and a max temperature of 16°C

1am: Clear night and a max temperature of 15°C

4am: Clear night and a max temperature of 13°C

7am: Sunny and a max temperature of 13°C

10am: Sunny and a max temperature of 16°C

1pm: Sunny and a max temperature of 18°C

4pm: Sunny and a max temperature of 19°C

7pm: Sunny and a max temperature of 18°C

10pm: Clear night and a max temperature of 16°C

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