Lockdown heatwave: Britain braces for one of the hottest days of the year so far with temperatures set to hit 75F kicking off three days of sun before rain sweeps in on Sunday
- Today is one of the hottest days of the year with temperatures at 75F (23C) with Britons are stuck in lockdown
- The weather is set to stay hot with clear skies and light winds until Sunday which will bring cooler air and rain
- The UK has been in lockdown since March 23 and is unclear as to when social distancing restrictions will lift
- Send us your pictures of your sunny day in lockdown to [email protected]
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Today is set to be one of the hottest days of the year in Britain with temperatures expected to hit a balmy 75F (23C), kicking off three days of glorious sunshine.
The warmest day of 2020 so far was Good Friday when the mercury rose to a sizzling 78F (26C). The Met Office had thought the UK would see similar highs today, but experts are now predicting temperatures will fall just short.
Normally crowds flock to beaches, parks, and beer gardens when but this year Britons are forced to enjoy the anticipated sunshine in their gardens or during their daily one-hour’s permitted outdoor exercise.
A girl rides her horse through blooming bluebells in Worcestershire on one of the hottest days in the year coming just short of this year’s hottest day ever
Londoners doing yoga and enjoying the warm weather in Battersea Park. Britons are allowed out once a day to exercise during lockdown
A runner enjoying her daily exercise at Poole in Dorset. The warm weather is due to high pressure around England and Ireland right now made warmer by the light winds and clear skies
Today is the start of hot, fine and dry weather with clear skies and light, warm sea breezes in coastal areas.
The weather is due to high pressure around England and Ireland right now made warmer by the light winds and clear skies.
The weather is set to drop on Sunday and bring cooler air and rain.
This year’s Summer will be spent inside on lockdown because of coronavirus which has infected 134,639 people and killed 18, 100.
Britons prepare for a Summer at home as it is still unclear when people will be allowed out of lockdown and social distancing will no longer be necessary.
Boris Johnson’s aim was to ‘turn the tide’ on the virus in 12 weeks and the UK has been on lockdown since March 23 leaving the option to keep social distancing restrictions until June.
People keep social distance from each other on the Long Walk in Windsor. Adhering to social distancing means avoiding large crowds and keeping at least 2 metres between people
People sunbathe on Primrose Hill. Sunbathing is against the UK’s coronavirus restrictions and people can be fined if they are found sunbathing instead of exercising while outside
A woman sunbathes next to the River Thames in central London
A woman sunbathes next to the RNLI lifeboat station next to the River Thames in central London
People walk their dogs and exercise at Weymouth in Dorset
The sun rises through last night’s clouds to shine on almost windless, clear skies all day today in the High Peak of Derbyshire
Yesterday’s warm sunset at Newhaven Harbour in Edinburgh. Yesterday temperatures did not quite reach today’s with the highest being 61F (21C)
The average highest temperature for April month is 53F (12C) making this April the highest UK has seen since 2011.
If April’s temperatures continue this way it will beat 2011’s record of 53F (11.8C) and become the hottest April since records began in 1659.
The high pressure causing this weather has been carried over from northern Africa which can affect air pollution levels.
Despite the warm weather sunbathing is against the UK’s coronavirus lockdown restrictions.
People who are found sunbathing instead of exercising can be fined.
Send us your pictures of your sunny day in lockdown to [email protected]