{"id":601276,"date":"2026-05-24T10:44:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T10:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/601276\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T10:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T10:44:10","slug":"uk-weather-live-heatwave-likely-to-be-confirmed-in-parts-of-uk-as-temperatures-soar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/601276\/","title":{"rendered":"UK weather live: Heatwave likely to be confirmed in parts of UK as temperatures soar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Heatwave likely in parts of UK as record-breaking temperatures forecastpublished at 10:14 BST<\/p>\n<p>10:14 BST<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-qs9kpv-Contributor etflsgg2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/55b5d58e-a028-46a7-8f4b-72ffa9d67f43.jpg.webp\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Jack Grey<br \/>Live reporter<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A baby lounges in a stroller, holding a sunscreen bottle while a caregiver gently applies lotion to his face\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2a8e4e79-e628-4c57-b67a-87ce57672ccb.jpg.webp\"  width=\"2091\" height=\"1176\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A heatwave is expected to be officially declared later today<br \/>\nas temperatures soar across swathes of the UK.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">On Saturday, a high of 30.5C was recorded in Frittenden,<br \/>\nKent, becoming the warmest day of the year so far, with temperatures set to remain<br \/>\nhigh throughout Sunday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Monday is forecast to be the hottest May day on record<br \/>\n\u2013 with current forecasts showing the possibility of temperatures exceeding 33C<br \/>\nin parts of south-east England.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">For a heatwave to be declared, temperatures must exceed a threshold<br \/>\nabove the &#8220;normal&#8221; climate for three consecutive days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Amber heat-health alerts remain in force for parts of the Midlands and eastern England until at least Wednesday<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">For Northern Ireland, Scotland, most of Wales and parts of<br \/>\nEngland, this is 25C, while for parts of south Wales and much of England this ranges<br \/>\nfrom between 26 and 28C.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">We&#8217;ll bring you the key developments right here on this page, stay with us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Heatwave likely in parts of UK as record-breaking temperatures forecastpublished at 10:14 BST 10:14 BST Jack GreyLive reporter&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278751,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-601276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=601276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}