PEOPLE living in the North-East can look forward to a “typically British summer” over the next few weeks, according to the Met Office.
The region basked in one of the hotest days of the year today with temperatures reaching 21C in Durham and 24 at Topcliffe, near Thirsk .
Forecasters predict the weather will be slightly cooler over the next few days but as we enter August temperatures are expected to rise again.
A spokesman for the Met Office said: “We are getting back to what we would normally expect for July. It will be quite warm but there is a chance of a few showers.
“The temperatures will be in the late teens and early twenties.
“We are not going to see the very high rainfall that we have done recently, nor will we see long hot spells that are more associated with the Mediterranean climate.
“We can expect a more “typically British summer” to come.”
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