Hottest seasonal weather in 170 YEARS to roast Britain from the beginning of next week

RECORD-breaking temperatures will send thermometers rocketing next week as Britain experiences the hottest Spring in more than 170 years.

Forecasters say the heat will start on Tuesday and keep rising throughout the second half of May topping 30C (86F) within a fortnight.

And experts say it will set the scene for the hottest summer in decades with Britain enjoying “heatwave after heatwave” through June and July.

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Extreme "heat surges" will push up from the continent sending this month into the record books with temperatures expected to soar above average.

James Madden, forecaster for Exacta Weather, said May is shaping up to be a scorcher.

He said: “Despite a much fresher and slightly more unsettled outlook in the coming days, there is now agreement that high pressure will dominate for the remainder of May.

“This will allow many parts of the country to bask in well above-average temperatures - with a number of heat surges around the mid month period and during the final third of the month."

“If this May period continues to shape up with what is now expected to be dominant high pressure and warm to hot temperatures throughout, then there is no reason as to why this month can't challenge or even breach one of the warmest May periods on record - potentially for the warmest in 172 years."

And Mr Madden confirmed Britain is finally on the brink of a super summer.

He added: “There is every chance that temperatures could exceed the 30C mark on a number of occasions within the start to the summer as we go into June.

“All of this will deliver optimum conditions for heatwave after heatwave during the start of the meteorological summer, and several of these heat surges are likely to be of some major significance in terms of the maximum recorded temperatures.”

Piers Corbyn, forecaster for WeatherAction, said Britain will turn “very hot” again from around Tuesday next week as the Continental airflow returns.

From the 17th it will be generally dry and fine before becoming very hot in the southeast

Piers Corbyn, WeatherAction

“It is turning into one of the most contrasting Mays on record with some extreme temperature ranges seen,” he said.

The Met Office said above-average temperatures are likely through until the end of July towards the end of a historic El-Nino event which set in last year.

The Pacific Sea warming phenomenon is now on the wane with the knock-on effects still being experienced across the globe.

Netweather forecasters are also anticipating a warmer than usual May overall with above-average temperatures expected into next month.

Spokesman Paul Michaelwaite said: “The model currently suggests that pressure will be above average across the British Isles, albeit with the strongest positive anomaly out west into the Atlantic.

“All regions are forecast to be warmer than normal, with just the northwest of Scotland bucking the drier trend to potentially see close to or slightly wetter than normal rainfall.”

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