The latest UK heatwave peaked on Wednesday with temperatures soaring to 35.2C at Writtle in Essex, with the coming days unlikely to bring any rain for the south of England. But the peak will be “almost a blink and you miss it”, with temperatures widely cooling close to average by the weekend, said senior Met Office meteorologist Dan Stroud. This could put it among the hottest three or four months of July on record, said senior Met Office meteorologist Dan Stroud. But mainly places missed out and stayed largely dry, the Met Office said, with little, if any, relief in some southern regions. England has had five per cent and the UK as a whole 20 per cent, according to the Met Office.