Exact date Brits to bask in 24C scorcher as UK to be hotter than Tenerife and Ibiza
Forecasters have described next week's weather as "a mini heatwave" as temperatures will rocket - peaking at 24C for several places - and so the UK will be hotter than European holiday destinations
Brits will rollick in a 24C scorcher next week - as the UK becomes hotter than Tenerife and Ibiza.
Forecasters understand the warmest day of the week will be Wednesday April 30 as the mercury will rocket to 24C across parts of the East of England and Southeast England. It will be at least 20C for most of the country, including as far north as Aberdeenshire and parts of the Scottish Highlands.
Temperatures fell to or below freezing on Wednesday, including in Aberdeenshire, Cumbria and Northumberland, so the change in conditions will be stark and quick in the coming days. The Met Office says the period from Tuesday April 29 to Thursday May 8 will be "widely fine and dry across the majority of the UK" and "temperatures are likely to be widely above average to begin with" amid this spell.
And it will be so warm in fact, it will be hotter here than across Tenerife on Wednesday. The warmest temperature expected on the Canary Island that day is expected to be 19C across the south of the island, including in holiday hotspots Los Cristianos and Playa de Las Americas.
Forecasters at Ventusky, a service which uses data from Metdesk, has shared its picture with weather maps on its website. These also show Ibiza, one of the Balearic islands popular with British tourists, is likely to only see a high of 21C on Wednesday April 30.
Neither Tenerife or Ibiza is expected to see rainfall that day, but showers are expected across mainland Spain, including across the Costa Del Sol, another region loved by Brits. The heaviest of this band of rain will be across southwest Spain, including the community of Extremadura, which borders Portugal.
But it will be dry across the UK on Wednesday April 30, forecasters at both the Met Office and Ventusky say. It will largely be a dry week, though showers are expected on Friday May 2, heaviest across the Midlands. The warmest spots on Wednesday April 30 - where the 24C peaks are anticipated - are set to include parts of Cambridgeshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. The rest of the Home Counties will bask in 23C sunshine while it will be 22C across Merseyside, and 21C in and around Leeds.
The upturn in the weather in the coming days coincides with the London Marathon. Temperatures in the heart of the capital could reach 22C on Sunday - when some 56,000 people are expected to tackle the route.
It could enter the record books as the largest marathon in the world if the number of finishers surpasses the 55,646 who completed the New York Marathon in November. The TCS Mini London Marathon will also take place on Saturday, with about 17,000 children due to run, jog, walk, or wheel one mile (1.6 kilometres).
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