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Breakfast brief - Heat reaches a peak as clouds clear

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12 August 2025

Breakfast brief
Heat reaches a peak as clouds clear

Weather map of the UK and Ireland. Some cloud cover mostly in Scotland. Clearer skies elsewhere. Hot temperatures with 32 degrees seen in London, 31 degrees in Cardiff, and 30 degrees in Liverpool.Some light cloud cover around, but also lots of sunshine.

Temperatures reach a peak today, with highs in the lower-30s in parts of England and Wales where the skies are clearest.

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Winds are calm across the UK and Ireland, with the hottest conditions in the south-east of England where warm air continues to flow in from Europe.

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