Another week of sun as temperatures break records

The warm spell is set to continue for most of the week, with temperatures approaching 20C in some parts of the country.

Most of Britain basked in glorious spring sunshine over the weekend, with Scotland recording the highest temperature in the UK.

The Met Office said it had recorded a temperature of 22.8C (73F) at Fyvie Castle near Aberdeen – a new record maximum temperature for March in Scotland.

The UK continues to be warmer than more southerly parts of continental Europe, including Barcelona, Nice, Majorca and Faro in Portugal, none of which saw temperatures rise out of the teens on Sunday.

But lingering fog kept temperatures down around 6C (42F) in East Anglia and Kent.

It will stay dry and sunny until Thursday. Lindsay Dovey

Forecasters at MeteoGroup said warm and dry weather is expected to continue this week. Lindsay Dovey from MeteoGroup said: “It will stay dry and sunny until Thursday, when there will be a bit of rain in western Scotland.

“As far as the rest of the UK is concerned it will remain dry, but it will turn cloudy at the weekend.”

Temperatures are expected to decline back from an average of 17-18C (62-64F) to a more seasonal average of 11-12C (51-53F) by next weekend.

Forecasters blamed fog in East Anglia and East Yorkshire for low temperatures over the weekend, and the Met issued a severe weather warning over fog in Yorkshire on Monday, warning motorists that “driving conditions are likely to become difficult”.