The Courier & Advertiser (Angus and Dundee)
Make hay while sun shines as rain on the way
WEATHER: Britons enjoy May Day heat
Tayside and Fife residents who baked in the May Day weekend heat have been warned the temperatures will not last.
The 15C high seen in Dundee yesterday is almost 3C higher than the average for the time of year.
While the weather will be similar today, the heat will be short-lived with rain expected towards the weekend.
Sarah Kent of the Met Office said: “For Tuesday there will be an outbreak of rain towards the west as far as Aviemore, with Dundee being mainly dry with an odd spot of rain towards the evening with a high of 15C.
“Wednesday morning will start dry with sunny spells. It will be cloudy throughout the day with a spot of rain at night with highs of 13C, where the average for this time of year in Dundee is about 12.5C.
“Thursday will see sunshine and showers that will mainly remain light. Into Friday there will be clouds with sunshine. The rain showers from the south won’t reach Dundee until the evening alongside a band of rain from the east. The weekend will see scattered showers.”
Yesterday eastern parts of Scotland saw highs of 19.2C but south of the border parts of England enjoyed the hottest early May Bank Holiday ever recorded in Britain.
The mercury hit 28.7C (83.6F) in Northolt, west London, in the afternoon – just nudging past the record in 1995 when temperatures peaked at 28.6C (83.4F). It meant parts of the UK enjoyed temperatures hotter than Madrid, Athens and Miami.