Following a soggy summer, Britain is now unexpectedly experiencing sunnier climes. There are forecasts of a continued heat spell, with September thirtieth this year set to be the hottest September in 20 years.

The Met Office reported that the country would see the “most settled conditions for several weeks”, with the south and east of the country experiencing the best of the warm and dry weather.

The heat-wave is the result of high-pressure over continental Europe, which, as it starts to move upwards, is dragging warm air from southern Europe.

However, the Met Office hesitates to call this heat spell an Indian Summer, as, officially, an Indian Summer, is a “warm calm spell in Autumn, especially in October and November”.

Whatever we are calling it, the settled weather is forecast to continue into the start of October, and so it is well worth enjoying before the typical British Autumn resumes once again.