UK weather forecast – 26C Easter Saturday scorcher sees Brits hit the beaches and it’s going to get even hotter

BRITS are packing out beaches and parks on a 26C Easter Saturday scorcher – and it’s going to get even hotter.

The Met Office’s promise of a glorious day with “unbroken sunshine” appeared to deliver across the country, as temperatures soared to nearly double the seasonal average.

The forecaster said today might reach highs of 26C – double the 13C average for parts of the UK.

And by Easter Monday, temperatures might even rise to a whopping 27C.

‘GLORIOUS DAY’

While most areas were unmarred by as much as a wisp of cloud, some outbursts of rain which are expected to clip north west Scotland on Saturday.

Tonight roasting temperatures will dip quickly though, to expected lows of around 7C in Norwich.

It remains to be seen whether this Easter will smash previous records.

The UK’s warmest temperature at this time was the 29.4C recorded at London’s Camden Square London on Easter Saturday in 1949.

While other warmest Easter weekend days include the 26.9C recorded at London’s St James’s Park on Good Friday in 2011 – when the mercury also reached 25.3C on Easter Sunday and 24C on Easter Monday.

‘TOP TEMPS COULD BE BROKEN’

Ms Roberts said that these last two top temperatures are “ones to keep an eye on and could be broken” this weekend.

She said that the top temperature for this Good Friday was 24.5C at Wiseley in Surrey, ahead of plenty of varied sunshine for the rest of the UK.

Southern England and South Wales could wake up to some mist and fog, but that will burn away pretty quickly in the morning with the strong sunshine.

There is “a better picture” for north west Scotland on Easter Monday as they will lose the cloud and rain, according to Ms Roberts.

The 20.7C enjoyed in Aboyne, Scotland, in 2015, along with 21.6C in Brynamman, Wales, in 1984 and 19.4C in Armagh in Northern Ireland in 1924 are the top national temperatures recorded on Easter Sunday.

The warmest Easter Mondays recorded nationally were the 21.4C enjoyed in Culzean Caste, Scotland, in 2014, plus the 23.2C in Nantmoor in Wales and 21.1C in Knockarevan in Northern Ireland, both in 1984.

Bookmaker Ladbrokes has cut odds from 5/6 to just 8/11 for this year to see the hottest Easter Sunday on record.

Alex Apati of Ladbrokes said: “Brits have been treated to a scorching start to the Easter weekend and things will only get hotter if the latest odds are anything to go by.”

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