Parts of the UK are set to be drenched in almost a month's worth of rain in the next 12 hours. The Met Office has issued weather warnings for Sunday and Monday with thunderstorms and rain expected.
At Kew Gardens in London today (Sunday, June 11) temperatures reached 32C, which was hotter than Monaco and parts of the French Riviera. But it still wasn't as hot as Saturday when temperatures reached 32.2.C
But the heat has helped to bring in storms with some places already suffering from heavy rainfall. In Charlwood, in Surrey, a total of 28.6mm of rain fell - almost half the average for the whole month of June.
Met Office meteorologist Dan Stroud said: “One or two spots have had quite significant rainfall in a short period. On Monday, we’re expecting a fine and hot start, temperatures rising fairly quickly during the course of the morning under strong early summer sunshine and that’s likely to spark a few thundery showers.
“Parts of Wales and England will see 30mm of rain in an hour, 60 to 80mm in some spots. North parts of Northern Ireland, south-west Scotland and the Highlands could see 20 to 30mm of rain in an hour during the thunderstorms, and 40 to 50mm in some spots.
“Potentially we are looking at a month’s worth of rain falling.
"The highest temperatures will be around Birmingham and in Wales. It will widely be 24C to 28C on Monday, with some spots sitting at the 30C to 32C mark. It will be warmer than Monaco, where it has hit 24.7C on Sunday and is expected to be 22 to 24C on Monday.”
A yellow thunderstorm warning is in place until 9pm on Sunday across most of England, Wales and Scotland. A yellow warning for rain has been issued for southern parts of England and Wales from 7pm on Sunday until 9am on Monday. Four yellow thunderstorm warnings are in place from 12pm to 9pm on Monday and cover parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland, much of southern England and the Midlands and most of Wales.
