Met Office live weather warning in the West Country and Wales as Gloucestershire braces for showers

Temperatures peaked on Sunday as Britain recorded its hottest day of the year, but forecasters predicted a week of milder temperatures as storms put an end to the beautiful weather. Chertsey in Surrey recorded the hottest temperature of 27.5C on Sunday, while 25.3C was recorded in Usk in South Wales, the Met Office said.

Two yellow storm warnings remained in place on Sunday night and new heavy rainfall warnings were issued for parts of the country on Monday.

Heavy rain is also expected to hit eastern areas of Northern Ireland on Monday, with a warning from 12pm until 6am on Tuesday.

In areas of south-west England, including Cornwall and Exeter, heavy rain is likely to bring some transport disruption and possible flooding in a few places between 8am and midnight on Monday.

The same warning is in place for south Wales on Monday, with heavy rain forecast for areas including Swansea and Cardiff between 8am and midnight.

Honor Criswick, a meteorologist at the Met Office, said these storms were likely to mean a week of milder weather ahead.

She said:

It will still be quite warm, with temperatures in the low-teens and early 20s, but cooler than it has been the past few days.

Temperature records for the year were broken three times in the past week, on Thursday, Saturday and then Sunday with increasingly warm temperatures across the country.