# UK records warmest day of year twice at weekend

Sunday’s peak of 19.7C in Merseyside beat Saturday’s record of 19.1C in Cumbria, says Met Office

The UK recorded the warmest day of the year twice this weekend, with temperatures reaching almost 20C in parts of the country, the Met Office said.

A high of 19.7C was reached in Crosby, Merseyside on Sunday, beating Saturday’s peak of 19.1C in Cumbria.

Craig Snell, a meteorologist at the Met Office, said: “It’s been widely warm across the east and west, and it’s been pleasant in Scotland and Northern Ireland. It’s been fairly decent and Sunday was the warmest day of 2025 so far.”

Conditions are expected to gradually cool this week, with spells of rain forecast across the country.

Snell added: “It’ll be turning colder across all parts. The south will hang on to milder conditions on Monday, probably around 17C or 18C, but it will be cloudier.

“In the north, it’ll be much cooler and bands of patchy rain will move in, and gradually move southwards.”

Most of the country will feel the cooler conditions on Tuesday and it is expected to continue through most of the week.

Scattered showers are expected in northern and eastern parts, with temperatures in the north reaching between 6C and 8C, and the south forecast between 8C and 9C.

Snell said: “Conditions will stay in single figures and it’ll be a cold midweek, particularly when compared with this weekend.

“It won’t be a washout and there will be plenty of dry spells. But it’ll be the breeze that keeps those temperatures down.”

Friday into Saturday will be more of the same until temperatures start to rise again slightly moving into the weekend.

Last year was the 11th year since the 1960s when temperatures of 34.8C were recorded in the UK, and six of them have been in the past decade.
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