The UK basked in sunshine towards the end of May - but forecasters have revealed it could be a while before the warm weather returns.
According to the Met Office, the UK is unlikely to see those long hot summer days until at least the end of this month, or even the start of July, the Manchester Evening News reports.
Instead, most of the UK, in particular the North, will see changeable weather over the next few weeks, with spells of rain more than likely.
But forecasters have said that temperatures at the start of July could be higher than average.
A spokesperson for the Met Office said: "The weather for the UK and the North is staying changeable with sunny spells and showers at times throughout the coming weekend and next week.
"The showers are likely to be most frequent in the north, perhaps with some longer spells of rain, and the best of the drier, brighter conditions more likely in the South and to the West.
"There are indications that the weather will become more widely settled as we go into the latter part of June and early July with temperatures generally close to average or above average by early July."
The Met Office has declared this May the sunniest on record after temperatures hit the high 20s in places last week.
May 2020 was the sunniest calendar month on record with 266 hours of sunshine, beating the previous record of 265 hours in June 1957.
Warm weather at the end of May offset cooler conditions earlier in the month, so while the month was warmer than average, it was not exceptionally so.
Last month was also the driest May in England and second driest in Wales.
Dr Mark McCarthy, head of the Met Office’s National Climate Information Centre, said the record levels of sunshine were due to and extended period of high pressure, which has been centred over or close to the UK.
"This has suppressed the development of clouds and rainfall over the UK, while allowing plenty of sunshine to reach the surface," he explained.
