Overview

• A cool, unsettled start to June has brought widespread showers and longer spells of rain across the UK, according to the Met Office.
• Data from WX Charts and Met Desk suggest temperatures could peak at 31-32°C on June 16 in southern and eastern counties including Kent, Sussex, Hampshire and Greater London.
• A 742-mile band of rain is forecast to sweep from Plymouth to Wick on June 17, bringing heavy downpours and the risk of thunderstorms.
• Provisional Met Office figures show spring 2025 was the UK’s warmest and sunniest on record and one of its driest in over 50 years, fueling drought fears and potential water restrictions.
• Met Office scientists attribute these contrasting extremes to shifts in the jet stream and persistent high-pressure patterns, underscoring a trend toward more frequent severe weather.