Mapped: What areas of the UK will hit 20C on hottest day of the yr to this point | EUROtoday

The UK is about for its hottest day of the yr as far as temperatures in some components are anticipated to achieve 20C in highs exceeding Spain or Greece.

The Met Office stated the spring equinox on Thursday, which marks the primary day of astronomical spring, might be the warmest day of 2025.

Southern areas of the UK might hit 20C, with components of the nation set to be hotter than Barcelona in Spain and Athens in Greece, the place highs of 15C and 12C are forecast respectively.

It comes after Wednesday’s highest recorded temperature was 18C in St James’ Park, central London, by 3pm.

It is within the capital additionally on Thursday the place temperatures are more likely to attain 20C, between 1pm and 5pm.

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Manchester will not be far behind, with temperatures anticipated to peak at 19C, between 2pm and 4pm.

Then Cardiff ought to see temperatures of 18C, additionally between 2pm and 4pm.

The highest recorded UK spring equinox temperature was 21.5C in 1972, and Met Office spokesman Stephen Dixon stated 2025’s highest temperature is unlikely to prime that.

This yr has to this point peaked at 19.7C in Crosby, Merseyside, on 9 March.

Wetter climate will then transfer in on Friday and the weekend will probably be extra unsettled.

Mr Dixon stated: “Tomorrow’s weather – it’s going to be a widely dry, fine and sunny day for many, with temperatures well above average at the time of year.

“Temperatures are going to peak on the Thursday and they’ll decline into the weekend, heading closer towards average but still relatively warm for this time of year”.

Higher stress to the east of the UK is presently serving to to attract hotter air north throughout the nation, he stated.

The sunshine will probably be solely damaged by some fair-weather cloud in central components of England on Thursday, he stated.

Friday will stay heat for a lot of however some rain is predicted to maneuver in from the south west. Showers are forecast to begin in Cornwall and steadily journey north-east throughout that day into components of Wales and central and southern England.

Rain is then anticipated for a lot of the nation by way of the weekend.

Meteorological spring at all times begins on 1 March whereas astronomical spring, or the equinox, begins round 20 March every year. The different equinox is in September and each mark the Sun crossing the equator, quite than being at an angle. Day and night time are subsequently about the identical size.