UK faces 22C mini-heatwave next weekend with one English region hottest

James Rodger

29 April 2024 at 4:11 am·2-min read

The UK faces a 22C mini-heatwave next weekend - with the second full weekend of May looking roasting. A scorcher has been forecast for swathes of the country on May 13, with the weekend marking 20C-plus temperatures and stifling heat.

On May 13 maps from WX Charts show the mercury hitting 22C. The south east of England is expected to be hottest, with 22C highs, but the mercury won't discriminate and is also set to rise into the twenties in parts of the north east too, as well as Scotland.

BBC weather forecaster Louis Lear said: “April 2024 has been pretty disappointing but hopefully we are going to be able to close out the month on something a little promising. It is certainly going to be a warmer story over the next few days, with some sunshine around. There will still be some rain at times, the winds not quite as strong but a notable breeze.”

Looking at Monday, she continued: "There will be outbreaks of rain albeit fairly fragmented moving across Northern Ireland into Scotland, North West England, Wales and South West England. But there will be sunshine to begin with across the far north east of Scotland and we cling onto sunshine really from Lincolnshire down towards the south coast.

"Anywhere south and east staying sunny and warmer 18C the expected high. Now as we move into Tuesday that low pressure is still there but there is still the potential for some warmth and for some sunshine to develop.

"The wind direction is swinging round to southerly that’s tapping into some warmer air coming from up from the near Continent and it means that temperatures will be slightly above average for the latter stages of April as we close out the month."

Looking from May 12 to May 26, the BBC says it will be "warmer" generally. "There is a chance that similar conditions will continue during the third week of May, with high pressure building up again far to the west or north-west of the UK, leading to cooler conditions overall," it reasoned.

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