The bank holiday is
set for a heatwave this weekend, so don’t put your shorts back into storage just
yet.
We could see record
breaking temperatures on bank holiday Monday, with temperatures rising to above
30 degrees for the first time that day since records began.
Met Office
forecaster Bonnie Diamond told Metro.co.uk: ‘After a pretty wet and windy August
for many, it will be a nice change as we head into the bank holiday weekend.
‘It’s fairly
unsettled for parts of the country this week, but things are going to change as
we head into the weekend.
South Easterly winds
will draw up warm weather from Europe towards the UK, bringing warmer
temperatures along with drier, settled weather.
‘This is quite
widely across the country; everywhere is going to see largely drier weather
from Saturday onward, and plenty of sunshine too.’
Temperatures in the
South and East are expected to reach the high twenties on Saturday, rising to
the early thirties on Sunday in London.
#DidYouKnow the highest temperature recorded on the late August #BankHolidayMonday is 28.2 °C in Lincolnshire in 2017.
Records go back to the 1970's and this year we expect to reach over 30 °C. #WednesdayWisdom #WednesdayMotivation
Records go back to the 1970's and this year we expect to reach over 30 °C. #WednesdayWisdom #WednesdayMotivation
The current highest
temperature on record for the bank holiday weekend is 31.5 degrees at Heathrow
in 2001.
‘That looks like it
could be beaten this weekend,’ Bonnie said. For bank holiday Monday, the record
is 28.2 in Lincolnshire.
‘It’s pretty likely
this will be reached,’ Bonnie said, given predictions are for temperatures in
the high thirties.
It comes after some
wet weather for many, with the Met Office saying 94mm of rain has fallen across
the UK between August 1 and 17 – about 5 per cent above the national average
for the entire month.
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