Chris Fawkes
BBC Weather presenter

Tomorrow will be another hot day with temperatures widely reaching 28-31C (82-88F) but there will be a few more patches of cloud around. Although most places are expected to stay dry there could be an odd isolated shower popping up.

For those that hate the heat, relief is on the horizon with an Atlantic low pressure bringing rain and showers to many areas through Monday with temperatures 18-24C (64-75F) for most.

It won’t be until Tuesday that the cooler air reaches east England.

Late next week, there are signs that temperatures could edge back towards heatwave thresholds for some.

Could heatwave number four be just around the corner?

We're now closing our live coverage of the UK heatwave, but you can keep up to date in our news story.

Jemma Crew
Live reporter

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It’s been another day of widespread sunshine, with temperatures surpassing 30C for many parts of the UK.

Scotland saw its hottest day of the year so far – with the mercury hitting 30.8C (87.4F) at Aviemore, in the Scottish Highlands.

The Met Office says Northern Ireland and Wales have also recorded their hottest day of the year. They record a temperature of 30C (86F) in Magiligan in county Londonderry while Bute Park in south Wales has reached 33.1C (91.5F).

And in England, temperatures today peaked with 33C (91.4F) recorded in Ross on Wye, falling short of yesterday's peak of 34.7C (94.5F).

Amber heat alerts - which mean conditions could affect the whole population and cause likely travel disruption - are covering six parts of England until Monday. A number of less severe yellow warnings are also in place.

There has been some disruption – including to trains in Wales and a wildfire in Scotland. Hosepipe bans are in force for Yorkshire, Kent and Sussex.

Brits have been using brollies and fans to cool down, while there have also been some more unusual tips, such as daubing yoghurt on windows to reduce the amount of heat getting in people’s homes.

We'll shortly be closing our live page on the UK heatwave, but in our next post we'll bring you the latest forecast looking ahead to tomorrow.

Wales has recorded its highest temperature of the year so far, Met Office says.

In an update, they say Bute Park in south Wales has reached 33.1C (91.5F).

The Met Office says this means Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales have today seen their highest temperatures of 2025.

We're seeing some updates now from the Met Office, who say that peak temperatures in Scotland have risen to 32C and that Northern Ireland have recorded their hottest day in three years.

These are the latest recorded temperatures from the Met Office:

Scotland: 32C (89.6F) recorded in Aviemore, in the Scottish Highlands

Northern Ireland: 30C (86F) has been recorded in Magiligan, in county Londonderry, marking the first time the country's temperature has reached 30C since 18 July 2022

England: 33C (91.4F) reached at Ross on Wye, Herefordshire

Wales: Temperatures of 32.6C (90.6F) recorded in the capital Cardiff and in Usk, Monmouthshire

Mark Poynting
Climate reporter

It can be easy to forget just how quickly the UK’s climate is changing.

Days like today that exceed 30C (86F) - known as “very hot” days by the Met Office - might feel normal, but they used to be much rarer.

During the last decade, the number of these “very hot” days more than trebled compared with the 1961-1990 average, according to the Met Office.

It’s well established that human-caused climate change is making hot weather more likely and more intense.

As humans burn coal, oil and gas and cut down forests, carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere.

These gases act like a blanket, causing the planet to heat up.

And even a small increase in Earth’s average temperatures has a disproportionately big impact on heat extremes.

During hot weather, it’s easy to overheat, which can sometimes lead to heat exhaustion or heatstroke.

Heat exhaustion isn’t usually serious as long as you can cool down. But heatstroke is a medical emergency and needs immediate treatment.

Older adults, young children and people with long-term health conditions are especially at risk.

Here are the symptoms to watch out for:

Chris Fawkes
BBC Weather presenter

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Daytime heat is peaking in London with temperatures over the 30C mark, but it’s unlikely to get any hotter now.

The brisk easterly breeze has, in recent hours, been blowing in some notably more humid air, so that could well make it feel a little more uncomfortable around Centre Court.

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Most people will have been turning to trusty fans to keep cool during the current hot spell, but here’s a less run-of-the-mill suggestion that could reduce your home’s temperature.

Dr Ben Roberts, a senior lecturer in healthy buildings at Loughborough University, says applying yoghurt to the outside of windows can lower the temperature by up to 3.5C (38F).

He and PhD student Niloo Todeh-Kharman conducted a month-long experiment on two identical test houses at Loughborough University by putting yoghurt on the windows of one, but not the other.

They found the indoor temperature of the house with yoghurt on the windows was on average 0.6C (33F) cooler, but up to a maximum of 3.5C cooler when it was "hot and sunny".

According to Dr Roberts, the yoghurt reflects some of the incoming solar radiation as it is a light colour, meaning not as much heat passes through the window.

He told the BBC the yoghurt smells for "30 seconds when drying" but that as soon as it has dried "the smell disappears".

You can read more about the experiment here.

Ewan Gawne

Horses working on the Isle of Man's horse tramway have been given the day off to cool down in the sea on a trip to the beach.

Elodie and Maggie were led onto the sand at Douglas Harbour for a frolic in the shallows during the summer heatwave.

Staff at the historic tramway said the "beautiful" animals, aged eight and 10, enjoyed their well-deserved cooldown.

The horse-pulled trams along Douglas promenade are set to celebrate their 150th birthday next year on 7 August.

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• Temperatures have exceeded 30C in many parts of the country, with highs of 32.4C in England and Wales
• Scotland has seen its hottest day of the year so far as temperatures hit 30.8C at Aviemore, in the Scottish Highlands
• This comes as forecasters predict the UK's third heatwave will peak today, with highs of 34C. Northern Ireland is also expected to see its warmest day of the year so far
• The heat has been causing disruption, with fire crews in Scotland tackling a wildfire that broke out on Friday and train cancellations in south Wales

• Amber heat health alerts remain in much of the country, external, meaning weather conditions could affect the whole population and the NHS, with travel disruption likely
• The hot weather is expected to lift on Monday as areas of low pressure gradually move in off the Atlantic, bringing spells of rain along with it
• From keeping socks in the fridge to drawing the curtains, here are some tips for staying cool and sleeping in the heat

Matt Taylor
BBC Weather

The Wimbledon Championships started in record heat, with a temperature of 32.3C making it Wimbledon’s hottest opening day.

That heat has barely abated since, and today’s Women's Final match at 16:00 could come close to being another record breaker.

The highest temperature recorded for the Women’s Final was 31.2C on 2 July 1976, and today the forecast is for temperatures to peak at 30 or 31C.

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We've got the latest temperature recordings across the UK, taken at 15:00.

Here's where it's been hottest in each of the UK nations:

• Scotland: 30.8C at Achnagart and at Aviemore. This makes it the hottest day of the year so far for the country, and also the first time it has seen 30C or more since June 2023
• Northern Ireland: 29.2C in Magilligan - just below the highest temperature recorded in Northern Ireland this year
• Wales: 32.4C in Usk - this is marginally below the 32.7C reported there on Friday
• England: 32.4C at Ross on Wye

Stick with us and we'll continue to bring you more temperature readings throughout the afternoon.

A series of running events taking place Eryri National Park, also known as Snowdonia, have been called off.

Races including a 10K, a half marathon, marathon and ultra marathon distances have been cancelled, while the Snowdon24 event - which sees participants ascend and descend Wales’ highest peak as many times as possible in 24 hours - has been stopped by organisers due to “extreme temperatures”.

Runners are being “safely escorted off the mountain by our event staff and mountain leader team”, organisers say.

Elizabeth Rizzini
Lead weather presenter

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It’s the hottest day of the year so far in Scotland now, with 30.8C recorded at Aviemore in the Highlands at 14:00 BST.

Temperatures are likely to rise further too, as the sunshine is set to continue. This evening, we'll find out the peak temperatures for the day.

Glasgow is currently at 28.4C, but Edinburgh is a few degrees cooler.

In fact across the east coast of Scotland there is still plenty of fret and haar- sea fog that is lapping onshore with the easterly breeze. Temperatures at Inverberbie are just 15.8C, and Leuchars is 16.2C.

The highest temperatures today and tomorrow in Scotland are likely to be in the north, in the shelter of high ground.

Temperatures across Northern Ireland are rising - 28.9C has been recorded in Magilligan.

Here we are also likely to see the warmest day of the year when temps surpass 29.5C, something we could see within the next hour.

Matt Taylor
BBC Weather

When temperatures soar, the coast is often the best place to escape the heat.

Sometimes this can be attributed to basic atmospheric dynamics – as temperatures increase inland, the air starts to rise, effectively causing air pressure overland to be lower than that at sea.

This results in air moving from sea to land in what we know as the “sea breeze”. Given sea temperatures in the summer are much lower than over land the breeze that blows in can give a refreshing break from the heat.

Today though, in eastern parts of Scotland and England it’s the overriding weather pattern that is causing a breeze to come in from the North Sea.

It’s brought some mist and low cloud with it. Inland the cloud will have evaporated under strong sunshine by this afternoon, but along the coastal strips of both countries that low cloud and sea mist will continue to lap in every now and again.

For this reason it should be comfortably cooler on east coasts, with the temperature fluctuating up and down as that cloud fights it out with the strong sunshine overhead.

A high of 24C may seem cool to those melting in temperatures of over 30C again today, but on the Isle of Lewis it’s a rare blast of heat.

If Stornoway does indeed hit 24C today, it will be only the fourth time in the last decade that the temperature has gotten that high.

It’ll make the white sands and azure waters around the island look even more appealing than normal.

Elizabeth Rizzini
Lead weather presenter

It's not sunny and warm everywhere – there’s still some sea fog, locally known as fret and haar on North Sea facing coasts that is limiting the temperatures.

It’s still affecting coastal areas of east Yorkshire, Norfolk and eastern Scotland in particular.

Temperatures under the low cloud and fog are in the mid to high teens although there could be some breaks at times allowing for some sunshine.

The fret and haar forms as warm air passes over the cool North Sea and is being driven by onshore easterly winds as the high pressure moves further eastwards.

Come just a little way inland and it’s very different - the sunshine and warmth continue.

Tens of thousands of people are taking part in the annual Twelfth of July celebrations across Northern Ireland, in the midst of scorching temperatures.

Orange Order members take part in the annual marches to commemorate the anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne in 1690. Parades are taking place in 18 towns and cities including Belfast, Keady, Dromara and Coleraine.

Temperatures are already reaching 28C, with highs of 29.5C expected in Northern Ireland - this would make it the warmest day of the year there.

Orangemen traditionally wear black suits, a white shirt, an orange sash, gloves and a bowler hat and can march as far as ten miles over the course of the day. They are joined by bands on the parade route.

Anne Rainey’s husband and son are both parading in Belfast today and she said some exceptions have been made for the heat.

"Apparently they've been given permission to take their bowlers and their jackets off,” she said.

Let's take a look at the latest temperature recordings across the UK, according to our forecaster:

Hottest so far today:

• UK and England: 30.7C at Ross on Wye
• Wales: 30.6C at Trawsgoed
• Scotland: 30.2C at Aviemore. This makes it the hottest day of the year so far for Scotland
• Northern Ireland: 27.9C at Castlederg

The notable cool spots:

• 15.9C at Inverbervie, East Scotland
• 18.2C at Scarborough, North Yorkshire
• 16.9C at Cromer, Norfolk
• 18.6C at Manston, Kent