Following a rainy start to the week, Southampton can look forward to a heatwave heading into the weekend.

A yellow weather warning was in force as rain and thunderstorms battered the city on Monday.

But the Met Office is forecasting that temperatures will be as high as 28 degrees Celsius on Friday, with the hot weather continuing into the weekend, with highs of 24 degrees Celsius on Saturday.

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Here’s what the Met Office is predicting for the weather for the rest of the week.

Met Office forecast for Southampton this week

  • Wednesday, July 17: 22 degrees Celsius, sunny intervals

  • Thursday, July 18: 25 degrees Celsius, sunny intervals

  • Friday, July 19: 28 degrees Celsius, sunny changing to partly cloudy by night-time

  • Saturday, July 20: 24 degrees Celsius, sunny intervals changing to cloudy in the afternoon

  • Sunday, July 21: 22 degrees Celsius, sunny intervals changing to partly cloudy by night-time