UK weather maps reveal exact date temperatures will soar back up to 20C – and it's days away

Britain could bask successful glorious 20C sunshine earlier the extremity of October, contempt a chilly and bedewed commencement to the month, according to the latest upwind representation forecasts

The UK was forecast a lukewarm fewer days adjacent week, with immoderate regions reaching a mighty 20C.

The mercury volition beryllium trending somewhat supra mean connected Thursday adjacent week (October 17), arsenic the southeast ranges from 19C to 20C successful mid-afternoon, according to Ventusky weather maps. Essex, Kent and Sussex are apt to person the warmest climate.

Basildon, Barking, Grays, Medway, and Ashford were each forecast to deed 20C by astir 4pm successful the afternoon. It mightiness adjacent consciousness much similar a balmy 22C astir westbound Essex and southeast London.

Almost each different areas astir the southeast were inactive apt to spot temperatures scope 19C, portion the Midlands was forecast to somewhat cooler 15C to 17C. Wales and the Southwest was forecast maximums of 15C, whereas the Northwest of England could expect nary higher than 13C.

The northernmost reaches of Scotland were forecast 11C astir a akin time, whereas Belfast was a somewhat warmer 12C.

But, portion it mightiness beryllium bully and lukewarm outside, immoderate parts of the state was forecast downpours astatine the aforesaid time. Almost each of the southbound seashore was expected to person rainfall from 1pm until 7pm. The Midlands would besides spot immoderate drizzly weather, peculiarly astir Birmingham, Leicester, and Peterborough.

The Met Office confirmed that temperatures were apt to emergence supra the October mean adjacent week. However, it sadly won't last, arsenic the mercury was expected to driblet down again by the weekend.

Its long-range upwind forecast read: "The UK volition initially beryllium betwixt precocious unit to the east, and debased unit to the westbound [from Tuesday October 15 until Thursday October 24]. In this concern bands of unreality and rainfall volition effort to propulsion eastwards, and up of this it's imaginable we could spot immoderate showery enactment drawn northwards from the continent.

"However, from midweek onwards, it's looking apt that the debased unit to the westbound volition go progressively influential, with an accrued accidental of rain, showers and possibly beardown winds, particularly successful the westbound oregon northwest.

"With winds from a southerly absorption astatine first, temperatures volition apt inclination supra average, with immoderate lukewarm conditions imaginable astatine times, but possibly returning person to mean aboriginal successful the week arsenic winds go crook much toward the west."

Meanwhile, Brits were treated to a lightshow past night, arsenic the Northern Lights came into presumption aft a large coronal wide ejection. Anyone wanting to spot the aurora contiguous whitethorn person little of a chance, compared to past night, though.

The Met Office’s latest upwind forecast says: "The chances of aurora stay initially, though gradually easing done October 11, becoming progressively confined to acold bluish geomagnetic latitudes by October 13." The upwind forecast added that we’ll spot "rain crossed Scotland and Northern Ireland becoming much wide done the night, though acold northbound clearer with the unusual wintry shower."