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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Sammy Gecsoyler

UK weather: warmer temperatures on the horizon after hottest day of year

A distant view of people on Fistral beach and in the sea in Cornwall, with the International Surfing Centre in the background, and the grand Headland hotel overlooking the beach on a grassy hill
People head to Fistral beach, Cornwall, on Friday, 19 July – the hottest day of the year so far. Photograph: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images

After weeks of wet and chilly weather, it looks like summer might be finally arriving. Temperatures are expected to reach highs of 27C in parts of the UK next week as the school summer holidays get under way in England.

Clouds and cooler weather returned this weekend after the hottest day of the year so far on Friday, with a temperature of 31.9C at St James’s Park, central London, making it the warmest recorded day of 2024.

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