Exact date temperatures will reach 24C as expert explains why it's so cold

11 June 2024 , 16:39

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Exact date temperatures will reach 24C as expert explains why it's so cold

Weather forecasters have predicted the exact date the UK will finally feel like summer, with temperatures tipped to reach 24C.

Britons yearning for typical summer highs of above 20C have so far been let down by summer 2024, which at the moment feels much more like early spring. Over the last nearly two weeks of the new season, the mercury has swung up and down the charts, at some points descending back into the single figures.

Experts have said the temperatures are between 1C and 3C below the June average but that they won't stay there. Simon King, one of the BBC's chief weather presenters, explained that the next week will bring more of the same, with a northerly wind knocking temperatures south of average once more.

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He put the recent trend down to low pressure moving across the mid-Atlantic Ocean and predicted that highs wouldn't exceed 10C to 13C in the north and east or 14C and 17C elsewhere. The big change to summer, he said, might not come until the end of June, with signs pointing towards a buildup of high pressure above the UK in the coming weeks.

That pressure will help to "stabilise" the weather, with more settled, typically June-like forecasts on the horizon. Some forecasts have pinpointed the potential change more precisely, providing an exact day when the country's fortunes could change.

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Weather charts suggest the mercury will surge later this month

Charts from Netweather.tv have suggested temperatures will hit 24C on June 23. Maps from WXCharts appear to back up the forecast but have suggested the heat surge could come a day or two earlier, around June 21. The service, which uses data from MetDesk, predicts that the 24C blast will arrive on June 22 instead of June 23.

Temperatures could reach 24C by June 22

The Met Office long-range forecast - which covers June 16 to 25 - points out that long-range forecasts can only predict the general detail of coming weather patterns, stating "fairly typical conditions" are likely for the period.

The forecast adds: "This means some spells of drier, sunny weather but also some showers or longer spells of rain at times. Temperatures will most likely be close to or slightly below average."

Liam Doyle