The Met Office has issued a rare red warning for extreme heat today for some parts of England and Wales, including Manchester.
Forecasters predict that temperatures could soar as high as 35C in the region today while southern areas could even go over 40C. A red warning is the most serious warning to be issued by the Met Office and it means "dangerous weather is expected" and is likely to bring "a risk to life".
The warning will be in effect from the early hours of today (July 18) until the end of tomorrow. This means that temperatures will remain extremely high throughout the night.
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Met Office spokeswoman Nicola Maxey has warned people to expect 'tropical' nights - when temperatures stay above 20C.
She said: “The other thing is overnight temperatures tonight and going into tomorrow, temperatures in some of these eastern urban areas could sty up to the mid-20s which could be the overnight minimum.
“We’ve had high pressure over the UK for a while, so these warm temperatures last week have been boosted now as we’ve got hot air coming in from the south combining with our own warm air we already had. That’s pushing these temperatures up even higher."
To help keep you prepared we've compiled the hour-by-hour overnight forecast for every borough in Greater Manchester.
Bolton
10pm: Partly cloudy, 27C
11pm: Clear night, 27C
12am: Clear night, 27C
1am: Partly cloudy, 26C
2am: Cloudy, 26C
3am: Cloudy, 25C
4am: Partly cloudy, 24C
5am: Partly cloudy, 24C
6am: Sunny, 24C
Bury
10pm: Partly cloudy, 27C
11pm: Clear night, 27C
12am: Clear night, 27C
1am: Partly cloudy, 26C
2am: Cloudy, 26C
3am: Partly cloudy, 25C
4am: Clear night, 24C
5am: Partly cloudy, 24C
6am: Sunny, 24C
Oldham
10pm: Clear night, 29C
11pm: Partly cloudy, 28C
12am: Partly cloudy, 28C
1am: Partly cloudy, 28C
2am: Cloudy, 27C
3am: Clear night 27C
4am: Partly cloudy, 27C
5am: Clear night, 27C
6am: Sunny, 27C
Rochdale
10pm: Partly cloudy, 29C
11pm: Cloudy, 28C
12am: Partly cloudy, 27C
1am: Partly cloudy, 27C
2am: Cloudy, 26C
3am: Cloudy 26C
4am: Cloudy, 25C
5am: Clear night, 25C
6am: Sunny, 26C
Stockport
10pm: Partly cloudy, 29C
11pm: Partly cloudy, 28C
12am: Clear night, 27C
1am: Partly cloudy, 26C
2am: Partly cloudy, 26C
3am: Cloudy, 25C
4am: Clear night, 25C
5am: Clear night, 25C
6am: Sunny intervals, 25C
Tameside
10pm: Partly cloudy, 28C
11pm: Partly cloudy, 28C
12am: Partly cloudy, 27C
1am: Clear night, 27C
2am: Partly cloudy, 26C
3am: Partly cloudy, 26C
4am: Clear night, 25C
5am: Partly cloudy, 25C
6am: Sunny, 25C
Trafford
10pm: Partly cloudy, 29C
11pm: Clear night, 28C
12am: Partly cloudy, 27C
1am: Clear night, 26C
2am: Cloudy, 25C
3am: Cloudy, 25C
4am: Clear night, 24C
5am: Clear night, 24C
6am: Sunny, 24C
Wigan
10pm: Clear night, 28C
11pm: Partly cloudy, 28C
12am: Partly cloudy, 27C
1am: Partly cloudy, 27C
2am: Clear night, 26C
3am: Partly cloudy, 25C
4am: Partly cloudy, 24C
5am: Partly cloudy, 24C
6am: Sunny, 24C
Manchester
10pm: Partly cloudy, 30C
11pm: Clear night, 29C
12am: Partly cloudy, 29C
1am: Clear night, 28C
2am: Partly cloudy, 27C
3am: Partly cloudy, 27C
4am: Clear night, 26C
5am: Clear night, 26C
6am: Sunny, 26C
Salford
10pm: Thunder shower, 28C
11pm: Clear night, 28C
12am: Clear night, 27C
1am: Clear night, 26C
2am: Cloudy, 25C
3am: Cloudy, 25C
4am: Partly cloudy, 25C
5am: Partly cloudy, 24C
6am: Sunny, 24C
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