The heatwave is not expected to last past today as metrologist Carol Kirkwood reported that a weather front will cause widespread downpours across Britain.
Carol told BBC Breakfast viewers: “Today there’s a bit of a change happening in the weather.
“It’s going to be cool in the north and the west, but still hot in the south and east. This is the last day of these very high temperatures.”
Today the south east will maintain much of the warm weather until cooler air sweeps in from the west, resulting in a drop in temperature.
Much like Monday there will be a divide in weather between the north west and south east today.
In the north west there will be more cloud around, however there will be a few sunny spells in some parts.
Meanwhile, the best of the sunshine and highest temperatures will be in the south and east of the UK.
It will be particularly hot in Norwich and London, where the heat level could reach a staggering 31 degrees Celsius.
However, northern and western sections of the country are only likely to reach the low 20s, although that is typical of this time of year.
This evening a cluster of heavy and thundery showers will move away from the near continent and towards parts of south east England and East Anglia.
Overnight and into Wednesday morning a weather front will push its way across the North Sea and a cold front will eventually sweep the country.
As a result Wednesday will feel much cooler, but there is still some sunshine in the forecast, as well as a few showers.
Most of these outbreaks of rain are going to be across northern and western areas, where it could be thundery at times.
But the east of the country will stay dry, although temperatures will have plummeted, most noticeably in Norwich and London.
Temperatures across the board will be between 17 and 24 degrees Celsius, a stark difference to what Britons have seen in the last few weeks.
With the threat of rain looming over the UK and cooler temperatures in the forecast, bookmaker Coral have slashed odds on this August being the wettest in history.
Coral has odds of 4/1 for the wettest August on record and make it 6/4 for the cities of Manchester, Leeds and Newcastle to exceed their average rainfall for the month.
“We’ve been spoilt with glorious sunshine for the vast majority of the summer but it looks as though the rain is going to come in torrents over the next few days,” Coral spokesman Harry Aitkenhead told Express.co.uk.
“We think it could well exceed the averages for this time of year, looking particularly likely in the north which looks set for the worst of it.”
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