HOW DID YOU SPEND THE LATE BRITISH BAKE-OFF?
SCORCHING temperatures sent Britons flocking to the beach yesterday.
Gogerddan, near Aberystwyth, was hottest at 30.7C (87F), while Northolt in west London recorded 30.1C (86F) – warmer than Athens, Corfu and even Crete.
It was only the seventh time in the past half a century that temperatures in September have hit 30C.
And it meant England and Wales were warmer than at any point during a disappointingly dull August.
Determined to enjoy a belated last taste of summer, sun-worshippers packed beaches, pools and parks, with some trippers complaining of finding car parks full after fighting their way through traffic.
‘It was packed,’ said one couple in Shaldon, South Devon. ‘It seems like
‘The last rays of summer’
everyone who was free was heading for the last rays of this summer.’
Most areas will continue to swelter today but forecasters warned us to make the most of it, with heavy thunderstorms sweeping in from tomorrow bringing up to 2in of rain and a risk of flash floods.
Met Office deputy chief meteorologist Dan Harris said the hot weather will vanish, with rain forecast to reach the South West by tonight and storms hitting anywhere across the country tomorrow and Friday.
Yellow weather warnings have been issued as the Met Office said there could be as much as 50mm (2in) of rain in three hours in some spots, causing surface water flooding and disruption to transport, as well as some damage from lightning or hail. Warm, sunny weather is forecast to return over the weekend, with temperatures around average for the time of year.