Met Office verdict on Kent heatwave and when and where it’ll be hottest this week

The Garden of England is in for a week of glorious sunshine and high temperatures, the most recent forecasts have shown. Following a weekend of beautiful weather, new predictions from the Met Office show the UK basking in a week of warm and bright conditions – and Kent is no exception.

With peaks of around 26C and 27C in some parts of the nation, particularly toward the west, the UK is in for a mini heatwave this week, with these conditions set to persist for back-to-back days. Here in Kent, temperatures will start to dip into the 20s from Thursday (June 8), particularly toward the north of the county in areas such as Dartford.

Moving forward, these temperatures are looking to only rise further, hitting peaks of 22C in some spots on Friday, with the warmest weather to be felt in the likes of Tunbridge Wells, Tenterden and Medway.

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Looking toward the weekend now, it is set to be an absolute scorcher, with highs of 24C forecast, once again particularly around the north of Kent. However, temperatures of 21C and above are expected across the country for both days, including in Ashford, Canterbury, Dover, Maidstone, Tunbridge Wells and Medway.

On both Saturday and Sunday, the mercury will reach its highest peaks in the late afternoon at around 4pm on each day. While glorious temperatures are on the way for Kent, there is also the chance that this could be joined by some rain.

The Met Office forecast for the south east states: “Some showers on Saturday, potentially heavy and thundery in places. Feeling muggy.”

Met Office meteorologist, Greg Dewhurst, said: “There will be lots of dry weather, with the sunnier skies always in the west and cloudier skies always in the east. Going forward, temperatures are going to be similar if not a little bit higher towards the end of the week.

“This west-east split will be continuing with temperatures as well, so in western parts of the UK, temperatures will rise to around the mid-20s while the eastern side of the UK is more likely to see mid to high teens. Particularly on the coast it will remain quite chilly in the east and quite cloudy at times.”

Five day south east and London forecast

A cloudy start today, slowly lifting and breaking across the morning, followed by a fine afternoon with plenty of sunny spells. Feeling very pleasant in the sunshine, with temperature peaks of 22C in some areas.

This is followed by a largely dry and clear night with some cloud spreading westwards over Sussex and Surrey. Temperatures will feel generally cool under any clear spells, with lows of 8C.

Wednesday is set to be another largely fine and dry day with lots of sunshine, though feeling cooler along the coast with some variable amounts of cloud here in Kent. Maximum temperatures of 26C in other areas of the south east.

Both Thursday and Friday are looking dry with a good deal of good sunshine, but feeling breezy in some areas, while mostly warm away from the coasts. Some showers are possible on Saturday, which could turn heavy and thundery in some places, feeling muggy overall.

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