UK weather: Temperatures forecast to reach 20C in warmest day of the year so far

Colder Arctic air across the UK in the last week meant temperatures struggled to reach double figures for many.

Combined with some wintry showers and snow over higher ground, the weekend felt like winter had made a return.

However, through this week a warmer southerly wind will draw up air from the Mediterranean and bring temperatures around seven or eight degrees above average on Wednesday.

Widely across England and Wales temperatures will get into the mid to high teens.

For Wales we’re very likely to see the warmest day of the year so far with the temperature exceeding the 17.8C recorded at Porthmadog on 5 March.

There’s a possibility somewhere in west or north-west Wales could see a temperature exceeding 20C for the first time this year.

That would surpass the UK’s current highest temperature of the year so far of 19.2C – set in London earlier in March.

Southern and eastern coastal locations in England will be a few degrees lower as the air will be blowing over a relatively cooler sea surface.

Despite some warmth by day, be prepared for some fairly chilly and foggy nights later this week.