{"id":681933,"date":"2026-07-09T08:06:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T08:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/681933\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T08:06:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T08:06:10","slug":"uk-heatwave-temperatures-to-soar-above-30c-as-nhs-warns-of-sustained-pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/681933\/","title":{"rendered":"UK heatwave: Temperatures to soar above 30C as NHS warns of &#8216;sustained pressure&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Temperatures continue to climb during third heatwave of the yearpublished at 06:35 BST<\/p>\n<p>06:35 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\/07\/d0b5578f-fb3b-4271-bb6d-b2e3ce05f1a5.jpg.webp\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Jennifer Bartram<br \/>Senior weather presenter<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Temperatures are expected to reach 35C (95F) today as the current heatwave spreads further north and west across the UK.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The year&#8217;s third heatwave, which began earlier this week, is not expected to break new temperature records, but the longevity of the heat will make it feel remarkable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The heatwave could be one of the longest lasting since the infamous heatwave of 1976. During it, England in particular saw multiple locations record 13 to 16 consecutive days above 30C.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">On Wednesday, temperatures peaked at 33.8C at Heathrow Airport in the strong July sunshine with Wales recording 31.2C at Cardiff Bute Park, Scotland seeing 29C at Aboyne and 27.1C at Helen&#8217;s Bay in Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Amber heat health alerts are in place across parts the Midlands, eastern and southern England until 12 July, with yellow heat health alerts are also in force across northern England for the same period.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Stay with us as we bring you the latest updates and advice on the hot weather throughout the day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Temperatures continue to climb during third heatwave of the yearpublished at 06:35 BST 06:35 BST Jennifer BartramSenior weather&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":681934,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-681933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681933","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=681933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/681934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=681933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=681933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=681933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}