Met Office reveals exactly how high temperatures will reach in UK capital cities every day next week

It comes after temperatures of up to 27C have been forecast for the UK next week

Ahead of a week of sunshine and warm weather, the Met Office has revealed the temperature in Belfast, Edinburgh and London each day of the week.

The Met Office revealed that temperatures are forecast to rise next week across large parts of the UK, with some areas in southern England expected to reach 27°C on Wednesday.

Before the week of sunshine, some rainfall can be expected over the weekend - particularly in the western parts of the country according to the Met Office forecast.

Although temperatures are set to rise, and to be up to 10C higher than the seasonal average, the Met Office has confirmed that it is not a heatwave.

David Oliver, Met Office Deputy Chief Meteorologist, said: “Despite media speculation, next week’s conditions are likely to fall just outside of official Met Office heatwave thresholds. However, this shouldn’t lead to any disappointment as many can anticipate a very fine spell of weather with temperatures reaching 27C during the middle of the week.”

The highest recorded April temperature was way back in 1949 when Camden Square in London recorded 29.4°C on 16 April.

Met Office Chief Forecaster Matthew Lehnert said: “We are not expecting the April UK temperature record to be broken, but some locations may nudge local records.

“Often warm spells are driven by warmer air arriving from further south, but the origins of next week’s air are from Scandinavia and central Europe. This air mass will be warmed by compression as the high pressure begins to build, and this warmth will be boosted by daytime heating from the April sun.”

Highest temperatures next week

Cardiff

Saturday: 14C

Sunday: 18C

Monday: 20C

Tuesday: 22C

Wednesday: 24C

Thursday: 24C

Belfast

Saturday: 17C

Sunday: 17C

Monday: 17C

Tuesday: 19C

Wednesday: 21C

Thursday: 19C

Edinburgh

Saturday: 15C

Sunday: 17C

Monday: 18C

Tuesday: 21C

Wednesday: 22C

Thursday: 20C

London

Saturday: 19C

Sunday: 22C

Monday: 23C

Tuesday: 25C

Wednesday: 26C

Thursday: 27C