HOTTER weather is on the way this week, as temperatures are set to soar to 30 degrees Celsius and above.

The Met Office has revealed temperatures will continue to climb through the week, with a hot spell developing across much of England and Wales.

In central and southern England, there could be highs of 30 to 34 degrees.

For Cumbria, temperatures are forecast to rise to as high as 28 degrees across Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

Temperatures will likely cool off for the weekend to around 19 degrees.

Met Office Chief Meteorologist, Dan Suri said: “Northern Ireland and Scotland will be under a band of cloud and rain on Monday and Tuesday, however it’ll be dry elsewhere with plenty of warm sunshine and temperatures reaching 28 or 29 Celsius in a few spots on Tuesday.

“Temperatures will continue to climb through the week with a hot spell developing across much of England and Wales.

"From Wednesday temperatures will widely reach into the high twenties Celsius and it’ll be hot across much of the UK, especially central and southern England where we could see highs of 30 to 34 Celsius. This hot weather is expected to last until at least Friday and so heatwave conditions are likely to develop for some areas this week.”

“In addition to the warm days we are going to see some warm nights this week as temperatures overnight remain in the mid-high teens across England and Wales.”