When will summer EVER start in Britain? With June temperatures at half the level of 2023, forecasters predict the exact date the UK will finally warm up

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With the Summer Solstice officially less than a week away, many Britons will be hoping to pack away their jumpers and bring out their shorts and T-shirts.

But it seems that we might have to wait a bit longer to fire up the BBQ. 

The UK has been battered with cold wind and rain so far in June, with temperatures half what they were a year ago, according to the Met Office. 

So, when will summer ever start in Britain? 

Here's what forecasters including the Met Office, Netweather.tv, and BBC Weather have to say.

The UK has been battered with cold wind and rain so far in June, with temperatures half what they were a year ago , according to the Met Office. Pictured: people holding umbrellas during a downpour in Western-super-Mare on June 13

BBC Weather

According to BBC Weather, Britons should expect balmier conditions by the third week of June. 

'The third week of June should initially continue to be wetter than normal across much of the UK,' it explained. 

'However, as the week progresses, conditions could become drier as an area of high pressure extends north-eastwards from the Azores, this likely to settle things down over southern parts of the UK, at least temporarily. 

'As a result, a warmer trend could break through over the course of the week.

'As the weather pattern is generally slow to develop due to the stalled conditions, the low pressure influence near the UK could persist for longer and bring generally changeable conditions with a brisk westerly or south-westerly flow on average. 

'Warmer air masses are therefore more likely to affect much of the UK.'

By June 24, BBC Weather expects the warm weather to set in - at least 'for a while'. 

'In the last week of June, there are signs that high pressure will build up near or over parts of the UK for a prolonged period,' it added. 

'This increases the likelihood that temperatures will continue to rise, and that drier and calmer conditions will set in for a while.'

According to BBC Weather , Britons should expect balmier conditions by the third week of June. By June 24, BBC Weather expects the warm weather to set in - at least 'for a while'

'The third week of June should initially continue to be wetter than normal across much of the UK,' BBC Weather explained. Pictured: visitors to a very wet Thorpe Park on June 10

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The Met Office

Unfortunately, unlike BBC Weather, the Met Office predicts that we'll have to wait until at least July to enjoy warmer conditions. 

'Into the last week of June, on balance it appears more probable that milder than average conditions will continue, with the wind from the southerly quadrant,' it said. 

'During this time rainfall looks quite variable (some places dry others wet).'

Thankfully, things are starting to look up at the start of next month, with 'some spells of drier, sunnier weather', according to the Met Office. 

Unfortunately, unlike BBC Weather, the Met Office predicts that we'll have to wait until at least July to enjoy warmer conditions

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'Currently the only signals, weak as they are, hint that rain and showers will tend to be more biased towards the north and west, with any more prolonged drier interludes favouring the south,' it added. 

'Temperatures are most likely to be close to or slightly above climatological average.'

NetWeather.tv

If you live in the southern parts of the UK, NetWeather.tv's forecast will come as music to your ears. 

'It looks likely that southern parts of the UK have a substantial chance of experiencing warm/hot dry sunny weather during the last third of June, with signs of a strengthening Azores High potentially throwing up ridges into southern parts of Britain in particular,' the site's expert, Ian Simpson explained. 

However, it's not such good news for people living in more northerly areas. 

'For northern Britain, there is a greater chance of a predominantly changeable westerly pattern becoming established,' Mr Simpson added. 

If you live in the southern parts of the UK, NetWeather.tv's forecast will come as music to your ears

In terms of specific dates, 22 June looks set to be the first day with some real heat, with maximum temperatures of 25°C in London. Pictured: Bournemouth beach on June 13

In terms of specific dates, 22 June looks set to be the first day with some real heat, with maximum temperatures of 25°C in London. 

However, it's not until the start of July that this warm weather will persist. 

'Temperatures are likely to be above normal overall, though with uncertainty over the extent of the anomaly,' NetWeather.tv predicts for the first week of July. 

'It will probably be drier and sunnier than average in north-western Britain, with sunshine and rainfall more likely to be close to normal in other regions, potentially cloudier and/or wetter than average for south-eastern Britain.'