YORK is set for another heatwave - but this one will not be as hot as the 39C record-breaker of last month.

BBC Weather in association with MeteoGroup says temperatures will start climbing today, to 24C, but with some cloud around.

Tomorrow will see a maximum of 26C, amid lots of sunshine, with the heatwave peaking on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, when temperatures should rise to a maximum of 29C, or 84F.

Forecasters also expect wall-to-wall sunshine, and there will only be a gentle breeze to cool things down.

Temperatures will slowly decline then, down to 27C on Saturday, 25C on Sunday, 23C on Monday and 'only' 21 by next Wednesday.

The warmth and sunshine is being caused by an anticyclone gradually drifting across the UK, bringing warm air from the south-east.

Forecasters do not currently expect a repeat of last month's heatwave, in which exceptionally hot air was carried to the UK from North Africa on southerly winds.

The heat then led to the East Coast Mainline closing between York and London because of a fear of buckling rails and sagging overhead power lines, and it also caused a series of power cuts in the York area as transformers overheated.