For those of you who don’t like the heat, we have bad news – the hot weather’s here to stay.
Well, it will be in the late 20s/early 30s at least. Today (Tuesday, August 12) saw the mercury rise as high as 33C in parts of London. According to BBC Weather, things will stay pretty hot until at least next week.
By the end of next week (Sunday, August 24), temperatures should be back down to around the early 20s.
For now, though, and for the rest of this week, we’re stuck with 28s, 29s and 30s.
Meanwhile, more than 130 firefighters had to be deployed today to tackle wildfires across London. London Fire Brigade (LFB) were first called to Centre Road at the Wanstead Flats just after 1.30pm, where four hectares of grassland continued to burn into the afternoon.
Crews got the flames under control at around 3.30pm using a combination of wildfire beaters, ten fire engines and a wildfire response vehicle. Around 70 firefighters from across Leytonstone, Hainault, Woodford, Walthamstow and the surrounding area were scrambled to the scene, with a handful now remaining to dampen the embers.
People are urged to avoid the area until the area is fully extinguished. A second series of calls were then made at 1.35pm, with around 60 firefighters mustered to a grass fire in Northolt.
You can check out the temperatures for the next few weeks below, with the highs and lows for each day:
Wednesday, August 13 (tomorrow) – 28, 16
Thursday, August 14 – 29, 17
Friday, August 15 – 30, 16
Saturday, August 16 – 26, 14
Sunday, August 17 – 24, 15
Monday, August 18 – 25, 14
Tuesday, August 19 – 26, 15
Wednesday, August 20 – 25, 14
Thursday, August 21 – 24, 14
Friday, August 22 – 23, 14
Saturday, August 23 – 22, 13
Sunday, August 24 – 22, 12
Monday, August 25 – 22, 12
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