Temperatures are expected to rise above the average maximum for this time of year, but it is not a heatwave.  

According to the Met. Office, based on information from a 30-year data set, the average maximum temperature in June between 1981 and 2010 stood at 28.6 degrees Celsius.

Over the next two days, temperatures will be rising above this temperature, with today’s maximum reaching 33 degrees Celsius. According to the Met Office’s forecast, however, it would feel like 38 degrees Celsius, especially when one is exposed to the sun.

“This is considered to be a hot spell but is not in the range of a heatwave. The Met Office declares a heatwave when the daily maximum temperature of three or more consecutive days goes five degrees Celsius above the norm,” a Met Office spokeswoman said.

In June, this is between 33 and 34 degrees.

On the UV index, ranging between 10 and 11, the spokeswoman said this was normal for this time of year.

Unseasonable bouts of hot spells were also reported last month. According to the Met Office, May was the fifth consecutive month this year to experience air temperatures that were higher than expected by varying degrees.

However, last month, these temperatures were not complemented by typical spring weather, with May being wetter, duller and windier than usual, the office said.