Britain will have to wait until July for warmer weather, forecasters suggest

Britons will have to wait until July for warmer weather due to cold winds blowing in from the Arctic, the Met Office said. Britain has faced temperatures three to five degrees below the season’s average over the past week, forecasters said.

This is because a mid-Atlantic jet stream – a fast-moving wind in the atmosphere – guides the wind from north to south across the UK, leading to cooler temperatures. However, according to forecasters, there is no sign of better weather until the end of June.

Met Office meteorologist Simon Partridge said: “It looks like temperatures will remain close to or slightly below average for most of the rest of June. Over the next couple of nights we actually expect to see some frost in a few spots.

“This will be mainly in Scotland and possibly northern England and Northern Ireland where temperatures could drop to freezing.”

But Mr Partridge clarified that such patterns were “not unusual”. He said: “On average, we get a wind chill – when temperatures drop to freezing – every two to three Junes. So it’s not that unusual. It’s just not the norm for June to be this cool.”

Towards the weekend, low pressure will bring even worse weather to parts of northern England. Mr Partridge said: “There will be an area of ​​low pressure across the north of the UK which will unfortunately bring more unsettled weather to the UK.

“From Thursday and into the weekend, we will see showers moving across the UK. However, temperatures will improve as this low pressure cuts off the supply of cold air across the UK and as a result we will see the air supply coming in from the west causing a slight rise in overnight temperatures.

“During the day we will still be a degree or so below average, but the big difference is that it will mean overnight temperatures will rise so our nights won’t be as cold.”

Looking ahead to July, Mr Partridge said there was “no strong signal” of any particular weather pattern. He said: “The patterns follow the climatological norm, which indicates that temperatures are where they should be or slightly above average.

“So there’s an indication that things are warming up slightly as we head into early July, and it looks like some periods of drier weather are going to become a bit more likely.”