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Highs of 33C have been forecast for York as the Met Office considers issuing more heat warnings.
Temperatures will start rising from 23C on Monday (August 10) to 33C by Thursday, according to the Met Office.
Forecasters expect temperatures to cool slightly in York to 28C on Friday then fall to 22C by Sunday.
Clear skies have been forecast in York from Tuesday to Thursday, which will be a boost for people in the area hoping to witness an historic solar eclipse on Wednesday evening.
A yellow health warning has been issued from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) until Tuesday but may well be extended as the hot weather continues.
UKHSA issued the heat alert and warned the latest high temperatures could put extra pressure on the NHS, with more vulnerable people likely to require medical treatment.
The Met Office is considering issuing rare extreme heat warnings ahead of the scorching temperatures forecast later in the week.
“We sometimes issue extreme heat warnings, amber and red warnings, which we did back in June, so that’s under consideration at the moment,” Met Office meteorologist Tom Morgan said.
He said temperatures could reach 36C in the Midlands on Thursday “and there’s a small chance it could get even higher than that”.
“If it wasn’t for this incredible summer that we’re currently seeing, then we’d be talking about these temperatures as being really, very unusual,” Mr Morgan said.
“But of course, we’ve had such an exceptional summer, people have become a bit used to it.
“There is a potential for impacts, so impacts to infrastructure, things like railway lines and power networks, impacts to vulnerable people as well.”
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Just Yorkshire and the North East remain in normal status, with all of Wales and half of England officially in drought.
More regions could be declared in drought when officials meet at the National Drought Group on Monday.
Another record is set to tumble this week after Sunday was the 34th day so far this year when temperatures exceeded 30C somewhere in the UK, equalling the record from 1995.
So far, the extreme weather of summer 2026 has included two record-breaking heatwaves in May and June that led to more than 2,800 excess deaths.
Two more heatwaves in July, the driest July in England and Wales since records began in 1836, have fuelled drought and wildfires.
The European Union’s earth observation programme Copernicus said average temperatures across western Europe reached 21.61C (70.92F) for June-July, breaking the record set in 2022.
Globally, this year is just behind 2024 and 2025 as the third hottest year on record.