Summer takes a raincheck as chill returns for bank holiday weekend
The UK is expected to be hit with cold showers, frost and strong winds across the bank holiday weekend just weeks after record- high temperatures at Easter.
E a s t e r Monday was t h e warmest on record for all four UK nations, with temperatures higher than 20C. But this bank holiday could see them drop as low as - 2C in northern Scotland this evening, with heavy showers and hail across the east coast of England.
It will also be much colder than the same time last year, when the mercury hit 28.7C in west London, making it the hottest early May bank holiday Monday and weekend since records began.
Temperatures will be slightly warmer tomorrow, with dry spells after a frosty evening.
Met Office forecaster Richard Miles s ai d: “I t will be colder, a lot colder, with showers in the north and the east of England.
“Saturday will be the worst day of the bank holiday weekend in terms of chilly showers and possible hail on the east coast, t hough Sunday and Monday will be a lot more settled.
“Sheltered, hilly areas in the north and Scotland could see colder and wintry weather in the evening from a northerly direction.”
The l owest t e mperature ever recorded on the early May bank holiday was - 6.4C in Grantown- on- Spey in 1981.