Brits will bask in 26C sunshine – warmer than Hawaii – in the coming weeks, forecasters say.
The mercury will soar to the glorious high – and send Brits sizzling on what will be the hottest day of the year – as warm air moves east from the Atlantic this month. Sunday April 27 will be the warmest day of the sweltering period with the East of England, notably Norfolk, seeing the best of the weather.
Beautiful highs of 26C are anticipate across Norfolk and Cambridgeshire that afternoon – while the mercury in many places in Hawaii, nearly 7,000 miles away, will struggle to hit 20C. It will be coldest on the largest of the state’s lands, Hawaiʻi, where temperatures may drop to around 15C, more than 10C colder than the UK’s highs. These forecasts have been published by Metdesk, meteorologists which give data to weather service Ventusky.
But this week has been significantly cooler than last week’s brief heat burst, during which temperatures were expected to reach 24C. The dry spell, though, did cause wildfires to rage across countryside, including parts of Northern Ireland and Scotland.
Yet, Monday saw a low of -2.5C, recorded by the Met Office in South Newington, Oxfordshire. It also plunged below freezing in Northumberland, North Yorkshire and Herefordshire among other places on Monday.
So, the return of the warm weather will be a welcome relief for many Brits, particularly as it will coincide with the Easter school break. It will be widely 20C across the UK, as far north as West Yorkshire, in the days before Sunday April 27, which will be the peak of the heat burst.
Writing on its website as part of its long-range forecast, the Met Office says: “Some drier and brighter interludes are likely… Later next week and into the following week, settled weather is expected to become more prevalent, with more in the way of dry, sunny weather developing. Temperatures will probably be around or slightly above average.
“Late April into early May will probably see a good deal of settled weather with high pressure patterns most likely to dominate. Whilst some spells of more unsettled weather are possible at times, these perhaps more likely towards mid-May, much of the period is expected be largely fine and dry. Temperatures are expected to be near or slightly above average.”
Yet first, this week will be rather wet, the Met Office understands. Heavy rain is expected across Wales, Southwest of England and Northern Ireland throughout today. Flooding of homes and businesses is possible, while spray and flooding on roads will probably make journey times longer, the Met Office has warned.
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