Glastonbury weather: Met Office forecast for every day of the festival

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Festival-goers have descended on Somerset this week for the annual Glastonbury celebration.

The event will see Arctic Monkeys, Guns N’ Roses and Sir Elton John headline the Pyramid Stage when the music officially starts on Friday.

Thunderstorms were predicted to cause travel disruption as the first campers made their way towards the area on Tuesday, but the festival should avoid the worst of the weather and be mostly dry with sunshine.

This will mean visitors avoid the infamous Glastonbury mud and instead get to bask in the sun.

Met Office spokesman Oli Claydon said: “For people sleeping in tents, temperatures will remain in the mid-teens at night, so relatively warm.

“Be prepared for all weather types, with showers possible early in the week with warm weather taking over for the weekend.”

Here’s the Met Office's day-by-day forecast for Glastonbury:

Thursday

There’s a small chance of some residual showers during the day, according to the Met Office, with early mist and fog clearing quickly through the morning.

Somerset is likely to see highs of 26C, with the odd isolated shower mixing with largely sunny spells.

Friday

There should be a good amount of dry, sunny weather, with temperatures likely to peak around 24C in the afternoon. Festival-goers will experience a warm and humid day, the Met Office said.

Saturday

The forecast is for a predominantly dry, warm and humid day, with hazy sunshine.

Highs of 25C are predicted for the afternoon.

Sunday

There is some chance of rain on Sunday but it should overall be a dry and bright day, with highs of 26C expected on Sunday for Sir Elton John’s headline performance.

Monday

Monday is also expected to be fresher and breezier but mostly clear, with temperatures peaking at 22C.

It means festival-goers will only have to worry about the queues when leaving Glastonbury a day after the event officially ends.