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This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the week ahead 27/07/2026. After some relief from the heat this weekend, hot weather is set to return this week to the south and east. Meanwhile across northwestern areas rain will come and go with temperatures much closer to average. Bringing you this week’s weather forecast is Annie Shuttleworth

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00:00The hot weather returns this week, but not for everywhere.
00:03We're actually going to see some rain, particularly across more northwestern areas.
00:08On Monday night, our front moves in.
00:10These are the rainfall accumulations throughout this week.
00:12You can see some quite persistent rain across parts of Northern Ireland and Scotland.
00:16Very little, though, moving into more southern areas.
00:19We could see some rain across some western areas, but just a few millimeters or so.
00:24Much of the rain through the rest of the week after Monday night is going to be in the form
00:27of showers.
00:28And whilst it remains dry in the south and east, it's also going to turn much hotter once again.
00:34Another heat wave is likely for some southeastern areas of England,
00:37as high pressure is dominating these areas through the week.
00:41Further north, though, low pressure is not too far away, and that will introduce weather fronts.
00:45It's going to be quite a wet start to the day across parts of Northern Ireland and Scotland.
00:49Quite windy, too, across the far north of Scotland, at least through the beginning part of Tuesday.
00:54It should brighten up into the afternoon.
00:56Still a few showers pushing in.
00:57There could be some thunderstorms and some heavy downpours in these showers as well in the afternoon.
01:02So quite a breezy and wet afternoon across the north and west.
01:05Meanwhile, a dry, sunny and hot day to come across central and southeastern areas of England in particular.
01:13Temperatures climbing to 30 degrees.
01:15We could see 31 degrees across parts of London and parts of East Anglia, too.
01:20Elsewhere in the high 20s across the Midlands and the mid-20s across parts of South Wales, the south coast
01:27of England, too.
01:28It's also going to be quite a warm day once the rain and cloud clears across eastern areas of Scotland,
01:33too.
01:33But a slightly breezier day here.
01:36So mixed fortunes from northwest to southeast.
01:38And that trend continues throughout this week as low pressure continues to bring in a few frontal systems across the
01:44northwest to start the day on Wednesday as well.
01:48But high pressure still dominating in the south and east.
01:50It's going to be an even hotter day across the south and east on Wednesday, with temperatures likely to climb
01:56towards the mid-30s.
01:58But a band of rain pushes in across parts of Northern Ireland and Scotland.
02:02Again, we could see some thundery downpours associated with that frontal band as well.
02:07So some quite heavy downpours are possible.
02:10Very little in the way of rain further south than Scotland into parts of northern England and Wales.
02:15There will be some cloudier skies, making the sunshine a little bit hazier.
02:19But towards parts of the Midlands, south and eastern areas of England, it's going to be a very hot day
02:24indeed, with temperatures climbing to 34 degrees.
02:28That's probably when the temperatures will peak on Wednesday.
02:31It does turn a little bit cooler as we head into Thursday.
02:34We've got this weather front pushing in from the north and west.
02:37So that will introduce slightly cooler air.
02:39More in the way of cloud once again across the north and west.
02:42We could see a few showers as well on Thursday across more southern areas.
02:46But I think it's a pretty low risk.
02:48They're not going to be very heavy at all across more southern areas.
02:51But you could see the odd spot of rain.
02:54Looking further north, though, we've got heavier bands of rain.
02:57Again, a risk of some thundery downpours across some areas of Scotland throughout Thursday.
03:02You can see the temperature difference from northwest to southeast, 10 or so degrees in it.
03:0715 degrees in the northwest, closer to 30 degrees in the south and east.
03:13So a big difference northwest to southeast throughout the week.
03:17High pressure continues to dominate across southern areas into the end of the week.
03:22And we could see that dry weather being a little bit more widespread on Friday as we don't see any
03:27weather fronts pushing in.
03:28But there'll still be a few showers across the far north and west of parts of the UK into parts
03:33of Scotland.
03:34Elsewhere, a dry, sunny and warm day.
03:37It's not going to be as warm as it has been earlier on in the week.
03:41Temperatures in the mid-20s across southeastern areas, the lower 20s elsewhere.
03:46So feeling much fresher, it's going to be fresher overnight as well as we head towards the weekend.
03:51And that trend continues, remains relatively dry.
03:54Some bands of rain coming and going.
03:56It's probably going to be quite showery through the weekend.
03:59But it is going to remain relatively warm.
04:02But temperatures will likely peak on Wednesday.
04:05So I think after a hot middle part of the week, it will turn a little bit fresher by the
04:09weekend.
04:10But we will, of course, be keeping up to date throughout this week on our YouTube channel.
04:13So don't forget to subscribe.
04:15Bye-bye.

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