UK heatwaves

Six ways to keep your home and yourself cool in hot weather

Six simple things you can do to help keep your house cool when temperatures rise.

Heatwave advice and explainers

What does hot weather do to the body?
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Health
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12 August
How does sunscreen work, and how much do you need to use?
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Health
Posted
12 August
Hot weather: How to sleep in the heat
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UK
Posted
12 August
What to do if you think someone has heat exhaustion or heatstroke
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Health
Posted
12 August
How do heat health alerts work?
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Health
Posted
12 August

BBC Weather features and forecasts

Super typhoon makes landfall in Philippines as nearly a million evacuated
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Asia
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3 hours ago
Weather for the week ahead Video, 00:03:29
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Weather
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4 hours ago
Why your windows get condensation and how to stop it
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Weather
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1 day ago
UK records warmest ever Bonfire night - when will November temperatures finally drop?
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Weather
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2 days ago
Was climate change to blame for the strength of Hurricane Melissa?
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Weather
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3 days ago
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Latest updates

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Is a UK heatwave in the weather forecast for September?
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Weather
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UK
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Weather
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Britain is hotting up - but is home air-con the answer?
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Climate
Posted
31 August
Hot dry summer impacting wildlife, experts say
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Hereford & Worcester
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Dorset
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Warnings over BBQ use after estate grass fire
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Bristol
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26 August
Has the British summer changed beyond recognition?
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Weather
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860
Will UK feel effect of Hurricane Erin?
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Weather
Posted
19 August
Beer festival returns after 'exhausting' set-up
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Peterborough
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19 August
Wildfire warning as warm weather continues
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Lincolnshire
Posted
16 August
Heatwave sparks fire warnings across South West
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England
Posted
14 August
Barn fire 'ripped the heart out' of family farm
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Shropshire
Posted
14 August
Yellow heat health alert extended into next week for parts of England
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UK
Posted
13 August
Weather warning for heat and thunderstorms
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Northern Ireland
Posted
13 August
Can you leave work if it gets too hot? Video, 00:00:38
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UK
Posted
13 August
I didn't know my meds made me more sensitive to the sun
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Wales
Posted
13 August
'The heat in our student flats is unbearable'
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South Yorkshire
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13 August
Temperatures climb as NI set for third heatwave of 2025
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Northern Ireland
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12 August