Brits to bake in 26C Easter Sunday scorcher - and it's set to get even hotter
Fun in the sun... Brighton beach was jammed yesterday as Brits enjoyed a scorcher of a Bank HolidayWENNRex Features
The Met Office also said that Scotland and Northern Ireland had experienced the warmest Saturday of any Easter weekend on record.'GLORIOUS DAY' London has enjoyed 25C on Saturday, up from the average of 14C for this time of year, Cardiff saw 24C against an average of 13C and both Glasgow and Belfast notched up 23C, up from the usual 12C average.
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.Ms Roberts said that these last two top temperatures are "ones to keep an eye on and could be broken" this weekend.
There is "a better picture" for north west Scotland on Easter Monday as they will lose the cloud and rain, according to Ms Roberts.
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