Saturday 25th July
The heat continued to build on Friday resulting in a peak temperature of 28.0C that made it the hottest day for a week being 5.1C above average. The breeze was very light with a maximum movement of just 12mph under a predominantly cloudy sky, the UV level of 4.8 had fallen back into the Moderate level, due to the variable cloud cover. Clearing skies overnight, under calm conditions, resulted in the breeze dropping out totally just after 23.00, that resulted in a minimum of 9.6C at 05.50, which was 2.4C below average.
Every day this month has produced a maximum that was above the long-term average whilst last night was only the third with a minimum below average.
Saturday began cool but strong sunshine, shortly after sunrise in Marlborough at 05.20, resulted in the thermometer climbing to 17.7C by 08.00.
With the anticyclone now positioned a little further southwest, the air is coming around its northern flank and arriving from the west, not seen since the beginning of the month, which will mean lower maximum temperatures on Sunday and Monday, so a little relief – but not for long. The barometric pressure has now dropped to 1012.1mb, a significant fall of over 17mb since Tuesday.
The anticyclone will reposition eastwards towards the Continent by Tuesday, which will result in the hot air from the Continent arriving around its western flank, pushing maximum temperatures very high again and likely to produce another, brief heatwave.
Why the words we use about weather matter
Author: Met Office
Wed, 22 Jul 2026
When we think about weather forecasting, we often focus on the science: temperatures, rainfall totals, wind speeds and weather warnings. But what about the language used to describe the weather?
That was the subject of a recent Met Office Deeper Dive, featuring Alice Stevens, a designer, researcher and senior lecturer at Arts University Bournemouth, whose work explores how language shapes our relationship with weather and the environment.
Her research sits within the field of eco-linguistics, which examines the role language plays in shaping the relationship between people, nature and the wider environment. For Alice Stevens, the question is simple but profound: how does the way we talk about weather influence how we feel about it?
“We’re communicating the weather,” explained Met Office presenter and meteorologist, Alex Deakin, leading the discussion. “The importance of language and what you say is really, really vital in what people take away from any given forecast.”