The Met Office has predicted “very warm” spells in London next month, with the summer temperatures set to make a return.
The national weather agency predicts “warm spells” in the south in the second half of September.
In the next couple of weeks, the weather in the capital is expected to be “very warm”.
Temperatures will again rise to 25C in the middle of the week and are expected to continue into the following week.
Dry weather will accompany the heat in London after Britain was hit by wet weather over the Bank Holiday weekend.
Festivalgoers at Reading, Leeds and Creamfields have been battered by rain after months of warm weather, as Britons experienced a largelywashed-out Bank Holiday weekend.
The last of the showers are expected to end this afternoon in the capital; however, rain could sweep across other parts of the UK.
Met Office senior operational meteorologist Dan Stroud said: “It’s another day of sunny spells and showers, a generally bright but cloudy start with sunny spells in the east, we will have some showers from the get-go in the west and they will become a bit more heavy, the odd rumble of thunder is possible.”
The expert added: “A drier and brighter end to the day.
“Monday promises to be the best of the three days, still showers around but a lot less than what we’ve seen.
“Tuesday across England and Wales promises to be reasonably fine with some lengthy sunny spells. It’s a different story across Scotland. we’ve got a band of cloud and rain.
“Wednesday, it changes, it goes downhill, turning cloudy and wet during the course of Wednesday, particularly across Wales and northern England northwards.”
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The return of the hot weather follows an unprecedented string of heatwaves and lack of rainfall in recent months.
It has brought the driest July in 190 years and has pushed almost three-quarters (71.3 per cent) of England and all of Wales into drought, putting severe pressure on the water system, wildlife, farmers, emergency services and infrastructure.
Many areas of the country are facing water shortages as reservoir levels have fallen to 62.6 per cent, 16.3 per cent below the expected level for this time of year, according to Defra.
The National Drought Group, which brings together the Met Office, regulators, government, water companies, farmers, scientists and conservation organisations several times a year, said that rainfall and cooler temperatures in late August will not have a significant impact on current water scarcity.
It also warned drought conditions could persist into the new year as, despite El Nino, current forecasts do not suggest this autumn will have the amount of rainfall required to drive recovery before December.
The UK’s fifth heatwave earlier this month saw the hottest day of the year recorded in Kew Gardens, London, on August 13 when temperatures reached 38.1C.
August 14 was provisionally the record-breaking 10th day in 2026, with temperatures exceeding 35C, according to the Met Office.
The dry conditions have led to devastating wildfires across Britain.
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