Temperatures across the UK are set to cool over the coming week after the country saw its hottest day of the year so far, the Met Office has said.The temperature reached 34.8C in Cambridge on Monday, marking 2024's hottest day yet, after the previous record of 31.9C in central London on July 19.But the hot period in the south and east is being replaced by a "westerly airflow" for the UK which will bring showers, longer spells of rain and a return to more average temperatures for the time of year

Temperatures across the UK are set to cool over the coming week after the country saw its hottest day of the year so far, the Met Office has said.The temperature reached 34.8C in Cambridge on Monday, marking 2024's hottest day yet, after the previous record of 31.9C in central London on July 19.But the hot period in the south and east is being replaced by a "westerly airflow" for the UK which will bring showers, longer spells of rain and a return to more average temperatures for the time of year.