Heavy rain to hit parts of UK on Saturday after record-breaking hot spell
On Saturday periods of heavier rain will move into western areas, including heavy and potential thundery showers to parts of Northern Ireland, while it will be dry in other areas
Heavy rain is set to hit parts of the UK on Saturday after a record-breaking spell of hot weather, forecasters said.
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Temperatures on Friday will remain above average for much of the UK, and potentially in the high 20s in the south and east, the Met Office said.
On Saturday periods of heavier rain will move into western areas, including heavy and potential thundery showers to parts of Northern Ireland, while it will be dry in other areas, Met Office spokesman Grahame Madge said.
And Sunday will be a day of sunshine and showers.
Mr Madge said: “After a lengthy and historic hot spell of days in the UK above 30C, today is very likely to be the first day which breaks that series.
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“We are still expecting above average temperatures for parts of the south and east, and these could be in the high 20s, and temperatures will remain above average for much of the UK.
“Although some locations may remain in heatwave conditions for a little longer, there is a general cooling trend across the UK as air from the Atlantic will start to dominate bringing a more changeable pattern of periods of rain and brighter interludes into the early part of next week.
“Today there will be some rain into western areas, especially western Scotland. Tomorrow there will be periods of heavier rain moving into western areas especially heavy and potential thundery showers to parts of Northern Ireland. Still fine and dry for most.
“Sunday a day of sunshine and showers, remaining warm in the south east.”
On Wednesday, a teenage boy became the 11th person to die in a water-related incident over the course of the recent heatwave.
The hot weather has attracted many to open water swimming, resulting in a number of deaths in South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Cornwall, Hampshire, Warwickshire, Cheshire, Pembrokeshire, Lincolnshire and Lancashire.
Meanwhile, the recent heat meant there was an extra billion litres of water used across London and the South East over the bank holiday weekend compared to the same weekend in 2025, Thames Water said.