Summer sunshine in Hartlepool - hour-by-hour guide to when temperatures are set to soar and weekend weather forecast

The Met Office says tomorrow, Friday, July 31, will be a hot one, with temperatures as high as 22C – that’s 71.6F.

But you’ll need to make the most of it – the outlook for the weekend is less appetising.

Friday’s forecast is for prolonged periods of sunshine and turning hot for many and increasingly humid later. The odd heavy shower may develop in the south of the region by the evening. But Saturday will be much fresher with sunny spells and a few showers, mainly on Saturday night and the weather could turn wetter and windier during Monday.

Here’s what to expect hour-by-hour on Friday, July 31 :

8am: Sunny 18C

9am: Sunny 19C

10am: Sunny 19C

11am: Sunny 20C

Noon: Sunny 21C

1pm: Sunny 22C

2pm: Sunny 22C

3pm: Sunny 22C

4pm: Sunny 22C

5pm: Sunny intervals 22C

6pm: Sunny 21C

7pm: Sunny intervals 21C

8pm: Cloudy 21C

Saturday August 1 weather forecast;

Early morning: Sunny, 17C

Mid morning: Cloudy, 19C

Early afternoon: Cloudy, 19C

Mid afternoon: Cloudy, 20C

Evening: Sunny intervals, 18C

Sunday August 2 weather forecast;

Early morning: Sunny, 14C

Mid morning: Sunny intervals, 17C

Early afternoon: Sunny intervals, 19C

mid afternoon: Sunny intervals, 19C

Evening: Cloudy, 18C

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