Brits are set for scorching temperatures this month, with Liverpool's nice weather getting off to a start this weekend.
This week there's due to be a mixed forecast of sunny spells and showers but by the end of the week temperatures should be hitting 20C in Liverpool, and highs of 25C down south. Today, on Tuesday, May 10, rain is on the forecast but any showers should pass through quickly, with a maximum temperature of 17C predicted.
Scattered showers will continue through the evening and into the night, leading into another day of bright spells and localised showers on Wednesday. Despite the rain, the temperature will stay pleasant through until Friday.
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Drier and warmer weather will arrive on on Saturday as high pressure builds. According to forecasters, this could be the start of a record breaking May.
Met Office meteorologist Annie Shuttleworth said: “It’s likely we’ll see those warm and much warmer than average temperatures across the UK. Ultra-violet light levels will likely be high.”
The Mirror reports, Bookies are now making it odds on that this month will be a record-breaker. Coral was today giving odds of 4-5 for heat records being broken, and it was offering evens for this summer to be the UK’s hottest ever – topping 38.7C set in Cambridge in July 2019.
John Hill, from the bookmaker, said: "It’s going to feel like summer has come early over the next few days. As a result of soaring temperatures we have slashed the odds on this month ending as a record hot May.
"Looking further ahead, we now make it odds-on to be a record hot summer and we are not ruling out the UK having its highest ever temperature."
