The Met Office says Birmingham weather will turn hot and humid early next week, with highs of 29C forecast as soon as Monday, June 22. People in Birmingham and across the West Midlands face a warm stretch after a weekend that starts unsettled.
Tonight brings a warm evening with late sunshine, cloud and outbreaks of rain spilling in from the west. Overnight conditions stay humid, with a minimum temperature of 14 C.
Saturday in Birmingham
Saturday is forecast to start cloudy with perhaps the odd spot of rain before the cloud breaks up and a bright afternoon develops. The maximum temperature is set to reach 24 C, so the day should feel a tad fresher but still warm.
That shift matters because the hot spell does not arrive all at once. Birmingham moves from a damp, cloudier start to a clearer afternoon before the stronger rise comes early next week.
West Midlands high pressure
Sunday to Tuesday is forecast to bring high pressure across the region, with plenty of dry and sunny weather. Temperatures are expected to increase by day and night early next week, and the Met Office long-range forecast points to temperatures above normal for many areas into late June.
The same long-range view says many areas in the south will be mainly fine and dry, while the north stays changeable with showers or spells of rain, perhaps heavy at times. For Birmingham, the practical change is a run of warmer days and milder nights after the weekend cloud clears.
The immediate question is how quickly the city reaches 29C on Monday, June 22. If the forecast holds, the weekend is the brief transition, and the hot, humid spell follows right behind it.
