Greater Manchester is set to bake in highs of 26C this weekend - and the glorious sunshine is expected to stay for the rest of the month.
Experts are predicting a wet Wednesday next week but in the days that follow 'fine, settled' weather is on the way with the mercury set to hit the 20s.
Here is the forecast for Greater Manchester:
Thursday
Thursday will see highs of 23C but the Met Office say it will feel like 21C for most of the day.
At lunchtime, it will be overcast and light showers are expected from 2pm until 4pm.
Wind gusts could reach up to 24mph at 5pm and into the evening.
It's a similar picture across the whole of Greater Manchester where it will be cloudy and overcast with lows of 16C and light showers in the afternoon.
Friday
Across Greater Manchester, there will be highs of 19C and lows of 12C.
It will be overcast for most of the day with sunny spells in the evening.
Wind gusts are expected to reach up to 26mph from 4pm.
The Met Office say it will feel like 15C for most of the day.
Saturday
The weekend is kick-started with sunny spells on Saturday in Manchester and temperatures are expected to reach highs of 19C.
The Met Office say at its warmest, it will feel like 17C with strong wind gusts of 22mph expected in the afternoon.
Most areas in Greater Manchester will be slightly overcast until 1pm when it is expected to get sunnier.
In Trafford and Wigan it will be sunny for most of the day with temperatures dropping to 14C as the sunsets.
Sunday
Sunday will be the hottest day this week with highs of 26C in some parts of Greater Manchester.
It will be warmest in Rochdale at around 4pm with the mercury expected to hit 26C.
Everywhere else in Greater Manchester will reach highs of 24C.
The Met Office says it will feel warmest, around 22C, in Manchester city centre, Bury, Rochdale, Stockport and Stretford.
Monday
On Monday it will be cloudy all day with some sunny intervals in the afternoon.
Highs will be 17°C between 1pm and 4pm with cooler temperatures of 13C as it turns dark at 10pm.
Winds gusts will reach up to 26mph at about 4pm when the Met Office say it will feel like 14C.
Tuesday
It will be sunny for most of the day on Tuesday with highs of 21C in the afternoon.
The day will start on a cool 11°C until 10am when it could hit up to 16C.
From 1pm until 7pm it will feel like 19C and wind gusts could reach 22mph.
June
Speaking about the weather in Manchester, The Met Office Meteorologist Alex Burkill said: "We've had a run-up of warm and sunny weather and that will continue to this weekend when it will be incredibly warm and sunny.
"Sometime in the middle of next week, at the moment it's looking like it could be Wednesday, it will be wet, blustery and cooler but that will be short-lived.
"As we go into the following week I expect the fine, settled and warmer than average weather to return, similar to what we have at the moment.
"The end of June and into July it is generally staying as it is now. Often settled, warmer than average. The further we look ahead a good deal of fine, settled weather to come."
