Maps show when 30C temperatures will return after hottest day of the year

After experiencing the year's hottest day on Tuesday, the UK is set for a cooler spell this week with some regions expecting rainfall. However, warmer weather is forecast to return from the latter half of next week.

Weather charts indicate that on 14 July, certain areas in the UK could see temperatures soaring up to 36C, including an impressive 25C in the Scottish Highlands. Moreover, there are several days this month when the temperature could hit 30C or above.

As per WXCharts maps, a warm spell is anticipated between 11 and 18 July.

The weather maps suggest that Kent and Norfolk could witness highs of 31C on the following Friday. The peak of this warm period is expected to be 16 and 17 July, with temperatures reaching up to 34C.

On 16 July, a large swathe of red, indicating high temperatures, stretches from Plymouth in Cornwall all the way up to Edinburgh in Scotland, reports the Mirror.

During this period, all of England will experience temperatures ranging from 26C to 34C. Scotland, on the other hand, will be slightly cooler with temperatures fluctuating between the low 20s and high 10s.

The following dates are predicted to see UK temperatures hitting 30C or above:.

The Met Office's long-range forecast from July 7 to July 16 indicates: "Likely a fairly cool and showery start to the new week. Showers will tend to focus on northern and eastern areas of the UK, while parts of the south and west again become largely dry.

"Through the rest of the week any rain will tend to focus on the north or northwest of the country, with the south becoming predominantly dry.

"Temperatures are likely to remain close to, perhaps a little below average initially. However, toward the following weekend, there are signs that temperatures will begin to trend up, becoming warm or very warm once again, especially across southern parts of the UK, but perhaps more widely as we head toward the middle of July."

From July 17 to July 31, forecasters anticipate changeable conditions. These could encompass "occasional episodes of hot weather and thundery outbreaks," according to the Met Office.

During this period, temperatures are expected to be above average, with the highest likelihood of very warm or hot spells in the South or South East.

This comes after provisional Met Office statistics disclosed that England experienced its hottest June on record this year, whilst the UK had its second warmest since records began in 1884. This follows a record-breaking spring, officially the warmest and sunniest on record for the UK.

Dr Amy Doherty, a Climate Scientist at the Met Office, stated: "While we've not conducted formal climate attribution studies into June 2025's two heatwaves, past studies have shown it is virtually certain that human influence has increased the occurrence and intensity of extreme heat events such as this. Numerous climate attribution studies have shown that human influence increased the chance that specific extreme heat events would occur, such as the summer of 2018 and July 2022."

She added: "Our Met Office climate projections indicate that hot spells will become more frequent in our future climate, particularly over the southeast of the UK. Temperatures are projected to rise in all seasons, but the heat would be most intense in summer."