UK heatwave set to last into July with bookies backing record-breaking month

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The UK is set to bask in glorious warm sunshine until at least July, with Met Office long-range forecasters predicting no let-up in the heatwave.

Experts reckon we’re in for superb summer weather for a minimum of three weeks as temperatures remain well into the high 20s.

But the humid conditions could frequently break into torrential thunderstorms, with the Met Office warning we face “hot days even in wetter areas and continued humidity at night”.

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It came as a heatwave was officially declared across a swathe of the UK as the mercury topped 30C in many places.

Bookmakers have already suspended betting on there being a hosepipe ban this summer and made it odds on that 2023 will break last year’s record 40.3C at Coningsby, Lincs, last July.

Coral said it is only offering odds of 4-5 that this month will be the hottest June ever.

Spokesman John Hill said: “We look set for a sizzling summer this year and with temperatures likely to keep climbing over the next few months, we make it odds-on for the UK’s highest temperature being broken.”

Areas in the parched south-east of England have already been hit with water rationing.

Householders in parts of Kent and Sussex have been told to limit use to essential purposes, such as drinking and food preparation.

Bosses at South East Water blamed soaring demand, leaks and dry weather for two months for putting pressure on supplies.

Two primary schools in Crowborough, East Sussex, have been forced to close this week because of water shortages.

Local Tory MP and business minister Nusrat Ghani said: “I can’t believe we are here again in Wealden with unmanned water stations running empty and no updates from South East Water.”

Meanwhile, the most senior medic in the NHS, Sir Stephen Powis, said Brits could help the ailing health service – already rocked from walkouts by striking junior doctors – by “being sensible”.

Sir Stephen urged people to drink plenty of water, use sunscreen and avoid long periods in the sun or swimming in unsafe water.

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