The district will see temperatures soar this week, with the Met Office warning of another heatwave.

Wakefield and the Five Towns is expected to experience the third heatwave of the year this week as an area of high pressure remains centred nearby.

Temperatures are expected to climb to 30C on Thursday (July 9) and Friday (July 10), dropping into the high 20s at the weekend.

While temperatures are not expected to reach the exceptional levels recorded during the June heatwave, many places are likely to experience several consecutive days of hot weather.

Wakefield and the Five Towns will see highs of 30C later this week.

placeholder image — Wakefield and the Five Towns will see highs of 30C later this week.

Conditions are also expected to be less humid than last month, with lower peak temperatures and fewer ‘exceptionally’ warm nights.

The outlook for Wakefield for Thursday to Saturday reads: “Dry and sunny to end the week. Light winds, though breezier across hills and on Friday. Temperatures increasing, becoming very warm or hot. Perhaps an isolated heavy shower on Saturday.”

The Met Office’s deputy chief forecaster, Steven Keates, said: “Parts of the UK are entering heatwave conditions: the third heatwave in the UK so far this year.

"However, unlike the May and June heatwaves, we are not expecting this heatwave to be record-breaking.

“Much of England and Wales will be hot, and the heat will extend to parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland too, though here peak temperatures are more likely to be in the upper 20s. "With high UV and high temperatures, people should take the usual precautions with the heat and the sun.”