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Bradley Jolly

Met Office predicts exact date of new heatwave - and it could hit in time for Wimbledon

Forecasters have identified the exact date Brits will bask in the fresh heatwave during which temperatures will again exceed 30C.

This month is expected to be the hottest June on record after temperatures peaked at 32.2C in Chertsey, Surrey a few weeks ago.

But downpours, particularly in southern areas, have recently put an abrupt end to the scorching heat.

Nevertheless, Met Office forecasters believe the heatwave will be back - and Saturday, July 15 looks set to be the peak of the new warmth.

It coincides with the Wimbledon Women's Final, Summer Mile Family Raceday at Ascot, preparation for the British Open at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, Merseyside and the second day of Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival among other events.

This month is expected to be the hottest June on record (Getty Images)

Schools typically break up for the summer around one week later.

Speaking to The Mirror today, Craig Snell, meteorologist at Met Office, believes temperatures could hit a high on July 15: "That's when we will start to see high pressure dominate and that will bring drier and brighter weather.

"It is early at this stage, but if you are betting then that's the best place for the warmest weather.

"It will be more settled then but the first week of July will be changeable."

Speaking yesterday to The Mirror, Met Office spokesman Grahame Madge said: "Over the first half of July there is not a strong indicator of hot weather.

"We have to remember that there is currently a one per cent chance of 40C temperatures in our climate.

"For mid to high 30Cs, we could get that and they are becoming more frequent."

A man walks in the sunshine by the beach in Blackpool as temperatures rocket (AFP via Getty Images)

And Jim Dale, senior meteorologist at British Weather Services, told the Mirror there is a 60 per cent chance of temperatures hitting at least 35C in the second half of July.

But the topsy-turvy weather the UK has experienced recently will continue into next week.

Unsettled patterns will see showers, sometimes heavy, combine with periods of sunshine.

There is a new blast of heat on the way next month, weather maps indicate (WXCHARTS)

Weather maps show a band of rain already moving in from the west and is expected to reach most of Wales by this evening.

It'll then linger across the South of East of England by tomorrow morning, but be less heavy.

The July 15 date could, of course, change in line with meteorological developments and other big events around that time include the Ashes 4th Test: England vs. Australia, starting four days later at Emirates Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, and the Genesis Scottish Open, which starts on July 13 at The Renaissance Club, North Berwick, Scotland.

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