Weather maps turn deep red and pinpoint date of mini heatwave's 26c peak

TEMPERATURES ARE SET TO ROCKET BACK UP TO 26C IN THE COMING DAYS AS HOT, DRY CONDITIONS RETURN TO THE UK THANKS TO AN INCOMING AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE - AND ANOTHER 'MINI-HEATWAVE'

COULD BE ON THE WAY 08:20, 29 May 2025Updated 08:27, 29 May 2025 Britain is set to enjoy another spell of hot weather very soon with temperatures peaking at 26C. Things have taken a colder,

wetter turn over recent days after the UK recorded its sunniest spring on record - but forecasters now say we are due a quick return to balmy conditions this weekend. Temperatures are

expected to be between 21C to 23C across the board today, according to the Met Office, and on Friday we will see the mercury jump back up to 25C in the south and 21C in the north. Maximum

temperatures will then soar to 26C on Saturday, thanks to a returning area of high pressure moving over the British Isles. A temperature anomaly map from WXCharts shows a deep red settling

over much of the country on Saturday, meaning they will be several degrees higher than the seasonal average. It's likely to be the first of two phases of warm weather over the coming

days, says James Madden from Exacta Weather, with another spike likely around June 6. He said in a recent in a forecast: "The current cooler, mixed and unsettled conditions and a decent

littering and bubbling up of thunderstorms will continue through this upcoming week to begin with and prior to, high pressure starting to return across our shores on multiple occasions from

later this week and during early summer to give at least one to two several days of warm/hot to very hot periods for many. Article continues below "The first of these is likely to form

in and around the upcoming weekend from the south of the country as high pressure rises start to return, and it could even arrive a little earlier than that if things can shift a little

between now and then... The second of these is likely to form during early June and to match our current 150-days-ahead forecast for this same period. "No later than June 6/7 and again

possibly from earlier, or as a continuation of the first high pressure rises above with a slight blip over days, if at all." It comes after the Met Office said the UK has already

recorded its sunniest spring on record, according to provisional figures. Article continues below The UK has recorded 630 hours of sunshine from March 1 until May 27 this year, beating its

previous the 'Covid spring' of 2020 by four hours, with records dating back to 1910. There have been more recorded days of sun this spring than there were in the whole of last

summer. Met Office Scientist Emily Carlisle said: “The UK has now, provisionally, recorded its sunniest spring on record, with still a few days of the season to go. We all remember the

exceptionally sunny spring of 2020, but that title has now been surpassed by the spring of 2025. Now, seven of the top ten sunniest springs on records for the UK since 1910, have occurred

since the year 2000. “It has indeed been an extremely sunny and dry spring for the majority, but with a few days left of the season and more unsettled weather this week, it’s too early to

say what will happen with other records. We will bring more updates as we have them this week, and will be releasing the full May and Spring 2025 statistics on Monday 2 June.”