SEPTEMBER is set to have a hot week with the Met Office predicting a mini-heatwave.

Temperatures in the county are set to rise to 26C by next Wednesday, according to the Met Office, as the next week of weather looks promising.

But before then Berkshire can expect the next few days to be largely cloudy as temperatures rise.

Today will be a mixture of sunny and cloudy conditions.

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Sunday and Monday and will be cloudy and dry with temperature highs of 23C and 25C respectively on those days.

Temperatures rise to 25C on Tuesday and 26C on Wednesday, as the sunshine breaks through the clouds.

The hottest day will be on Wednesday with a medium UV level.

The Met Office said: "Conditions are expected to become less settled through this period, though confidence is low at this time.

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"Showers or longer spells of rain are likely, the focus of these perhaps across western areas, while some parts of the east may well hang on to largely dry conditions for much of this period. It will also be windy at times, this particularly so around some southern and western coasts and over the hills.

"There is the potential for some of the rain to be heavy at times, with the risk of some thunderstorms mixed in. Temperatures are likely to trend warmer than average across all parts, perhaps becoming very warm at times across sunnier parts of the east."