September weather forecast as Met Office delivers UK verdict on 'Indian Summer'

Autumn is officially here after a record-breaking summer in the UK - but what can we expect weather-wise over the next four weeks? The Met Office has shared its forecast

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It's been a scorcher of a summer in the UK, with some record-breaking temperatures and four official heatwaves in recent months.

But as the holidays come to an end and we settle into autumn, what can we expect on the weather front?

There have been whispers of a so-called Indian Summer, with reports that the temperature could hit 30C in the UK early in September. However, according to the Met Office, we should expect more moderate conditions this month.

Forecasters instead expect temperatures to be in the low-20s, more typical for this time of year, rather than another heatwave.

Met Office meteorologist Craig Snell said the current forecast suggests "nothing like what we have seen during the summer months".

He told The Independent: "The week after next is a little bit too early to nail down exactly what will go on. Our general trend though, as we go through to the second week of September, is that, on the whole, for the UK, it is probably going to remain on the changeable, unsettled side of the weather.

"It looks like there will be some drier and brighter spells at times… It will be early September, so in any sunnier moments, it will still feel fairly warm out there."

He further said the UK is likely to largely see bright, dry weather as we head into the second week of September, but there are no indications of a heatwave.

The Met Office has said that it expects "changeable and unsettled weather conditions" across the UK between September 4 and 13.

"This will mean showers or longer spells of rain will affect much of the UK at times," it said. "Some heavy rain or showers are expected in places, most often in the west. Thunderstorms and hail are also possible, as are some spells of strong winds if any deep areas of low pressure form in the vicinity of the UK.

"Some short-lived spells of drier and more settled weather are also possible at times, especially later in the period when they may last a little longer.

"Temperatures will likely be close to average or slightly below overall, but may rise above at times in any drier, sunnier spells."

It is now expected that the summer of 2025 will go down as the warmest on record for the UK, according to provisional statistics from the Met Office.

The mean temperature across the country - which includes overnight lows as well as daytime highs - currently stands at 16.13C (61.03F).

This is well ahead of 2018, the previous warmest summer, which had a mean temperature of 15.76C (60.37F).