The warm glow of spring: Britain basks in another day of glorious 日光 on hottest 週末 of year

  • Warmest 気温 for a March day in Scotland 始める,決める in Fyvie 城 近づく Aberdeen with 22.8C
  • Parts of UK hotter than Barcelona, Nice, Majorca and Faro in Portugal
  • 最高気温s and 乾燥した,日照りの 天気予報 to last into the week

If you thought the 週末’s glorious 天候 was too good to last, think again.

We’ve got at least another three days of beautiful 日光 ahead of us.

The Met Office 予報するd highs of 21c (70f) across the country for today, tomorrow and Wednesday.
It comes after parts of Britain enjoyed 気温s higher than those 記録,記録的な/記録するd in Cannes and Crete.

Sunshine smile: Six-year-old Thomas Kingston surges through the vivid yellow flowers of a Rapeseed field in North Yorkshire

日光 smile: Six-year-old Thomas Kingston 殺到するs through the vivid yellow flower s of a rapeseed field in North Yorkshire

Scotland 公式文書,認めるd a 記録,記録的な/記録する 気温 for March, 22.8c (73f), (警官の)巡回区域,受持ち区域ing the previous March high of 22.2c in 1965. This was also the warmest 気温 in the UK yesterday.

予報官s 予報する chilly starts followed by 日光 and highs of 21c in both the North and the South over the next few days.

Rebecca Sherwin, a Met Office 予報官, said: ‘The 天候 is reasonably unusual for this time of year.

‘We’ve got high 圧力 sat over the UK at the moment, 原因(となる)ing very settled 天候. It means the day warms up very quickly in t he morning.’

Melting: Sisters, Lilly Heath, 3 and Hollie Skinner, 7 enjoy icecreams in the sun on the beach in Southsea, Hampshire, yesterday, as temperatures soared

Melting: Sisters, Lilly ヒース/荒れ地, 3 and Hollie Skinner, 7 enjoy icecreams in the sun on the beach in Southsea, Hampshire, yesterday, as 気温s 急に上がるd

Fun in the sun: Children didn't need much encouragement to cool off in the new Bradford Citypark fountains, as West Yorkshire was bathed in glorious sunshine

Fun in the sun: Children didn't need much 激励 to 冷静な/正味の off in the new Bradford Citypark fountains, as West Yorkshire was bathed in glorious 日光

Drenched: The youngsters in Bradford got soaking wet as they tried keeping cool in the heatwave

Drenched: The youngsters in Bradford got soaking wet as they tried keeping 冷静な/正味の in the heatwave

Cooling off: Hundreds of people flocked to Brighton beach to soak up the sun today, including Londoners Rania Nafissah, left, Jessica Pearcey, centre, and Kym Shaen-Carter

冷静な/正味のing off: Hundreds of people flocked to Brighton beach to soak up the sun today, 含むing Londoners Rania Nafissah, left, Jessica Pearcey, centre, and Kym Shaen-Carter

Yesterday saw many beaches and parks packed as 気温s rose to more than 11c above the seasonal 普通の/平均(する). One group of charity fundraisers took advanta ge of the warmth to (土地などの)細長い一片 off for a game of naked miniature ゴルフ.

The group of 30, who raised more than £3,000 for The Prostate 癌 Charity, 始める,決める a world 記録,記録的な/記録する at Southend seafront, Essex ? for the most naked people to play miniature ゴルフ in one hour.

Yesterday’s highest 気温 ? at Fyvie 城 in Aberdeenshire ? (警官の)巡回区域,受持ち区域 many of those in the Middle East. It was 19c (66.2f) in Tel Aviv, and 18c (64.4f) in Tehran. 気温s failed to get above 19c in Cannes, Majorca, or Crete.

Hot work: The heat was too much for some as the sun-seekers on Brighton beach today basked in balmy temperatures and uninterrupted sunshine

Hot work: The heat was too much for some as the sun-探検者s on Brighton beach today basked in balmy 気温s and 連続する 日光

A quick dip: Student Lexi Payne, 19, wades into the sea off Bournemouth beach, in Dorset, today while enjoying the scorching temperatures which  ushered in British Summer Time

A quick 下落する: Student Lexi Payne, 19, wades into the sea off Bournemouth beach, in Dorset, today while enjoying the scorching 気温s which 勧めるd in British Summer Time

But it wasn’t all fun in the sun. It was cloudy and misty in some eastern, 沿岸の areas of Britain.
While this 週末’s warm (一定の)期間 was good news for many, it will 追加する to 恐れるs of 干ばつs this summer.

The 環境 機関 says it has been the driest March since 記録,記録的な/記録するs began and hosepipe 禁止(する)s are 予定 in many areas from April 5. A 広報担当者 said: ‘What we really need is a 長引かせるd period of 降雨.’

Three-day forecast

Three-day 予測(する)

The combination of soggy summer, 穏やかな winter and 最近の warm 天候 will make this year’s 陳列する,発揮する of spring magnolias the most みごたえのある in living memory, say 専門家s.

The trees are likely to be at their best over the next two or three weeks.

Colin Crosbie of the 王室の Horticultural Society gardens at Wisley, Surrey, said: ‘We were lucky to have a wet warm summer which was 広大な/多数の/重要な for bud 形式, followed by a mostly 穏やかな winter so the buds weren’t 損失d.’

Taking the plunge: Biscuit the dog drenched his owner after leaping into the cooling waters of a canal in Mossley, Greater Manchester today for a bit of relief from the heat
Biscuit the dog drenching his owner after cooling down in the canal in Mossley, Greater Manchester in summer type weather ti mark the start of British summer time

Taking t he 急落(する),激減(する): 薄焼きパン/素焼陶器 the dog drenched his owner after leaping into the 冷静な/正味のing waters of a canal in Mossley, Greater Manchester, today, for a bit of 救済 from the heat

Two year-old Cecily Dargan plays in the daffodils as the fine weekend weather continues at Lee-on-the-Solent in Hampshire

Two year-old Cecily Dargan plays in the daffodils as the 罰金 週末 天候 continues at 物陰/風下-on-the-Solent in Hampshire

Daffodils in bloom at Stapenhill Park in Burton, Staffordshire: Temperatures hit over 20C in England - beating most European destinations

Daffodils in bloom at Stapenhill Park in Burton, Staffordshire: 気温s 攻撃する,衝突する over 20C in England - (警官の)巡回区域,受持ち区域ing most European 目的地s

People enjoying the continuing fine weather in rowing boats at the Hollow Pond in Leytonstone, London

People enjoying the continuing 罰金 天候 in 列/漕ぐ/騒動ing boats at the Hollow Pond in Leytonstone, London

Rowers take advantage of the fine weather on the River Trent at Burton, Staffordshire

Rowers take advantage of the 罰金 天候 on the River Trent at Burton, Staffordshire

Stretching out: Personal trainer Tara Hammett makes the most of the warm weather at Langland Bay, near Swansea, south Wales at the weekend

Stretching out: Personal trainer Tara Hammett makes the most of the warm 天候 at Langland Bay, 近づく Swansea, south むちの跡s at the 週末

Crowds of people flock to Brighton Beach as the sun shines in Sussex yesterday. The good news is that the weather will only be getting warmer now

(人が)群がるs of people flock to Brighton Beach as the sun 向こうずねs in Sussex yesterday. The good news is that the 天候 will only be getting warmer now

A sunbather relaxes in a red bikini on Brighton Beach with the burned out shell of the pier in the background

Feeling the heat: A sunbather relaxes in a red bikini on Brighton Beach with the 燃やすd out 爆撃する of the pier in the background

Taking a punt: Visitors enjoy the view of the River Cam in Cambridge in one of the traditional boats

Hot fuss: 訪問者s enjoy the 見解(をとる) of the River (機の)カム in Cambridge in one of the 伝統的な boats

This is the life: A student makes the most of the sunshine by putting up her feet and reading a book in one of the river boats

This is the life: A student makes the most of the 日光 by putting up her feet and reading a 調書をとる/予約する in one of the river boats

Easy does it: Members of the public punt around Magdalen College School playing fields in warm spring weather yesterday

平易な does it: Members of the public punt around Magdalen College School playing fields in Cambridge during the warm spring 天候 yesterday

Rowers cut through the early morning mist yesterday before it was lifted by the sizzling sun

Pull: Rowers 削減(する) through the 早期に morning もや yesterday before it was 解除するd by the sizzling sun

Cooling off: Ms Hammett splashes in the sea as Britai
n basks in the hottest day of the year... and the warm weather is set to continue

冷静な/正味のing off: Ms Hammett splashes in the sea as Britain basks in the hottest day of the year... and the warm 天候 is 始める,決める to continue

Hotter than California: Britain saw temperatures of 21.7C but it wasn't so warm up north

Hotter than California: Britain saw 気温s of 21.7C but it wasn't so warm up north

The 環境 機関 says it? has been the driest March since 記録,記録的な/記録するs began.

A 広報担当者 said: ‘We’re working with 農業者s to keep them going through the summer. However, it’s been a very 乾燥した,日照りの week and river levels are continuing to 落ちる.

'明白に, it’s nice to have a sunny 週末 but what we really need is a 長引かせるd period of 降雨.’

All smiles... Proud father Peter and his 日光 girl

He may have just lost his 職業 at the 王室の Bank of Scotland but Peter Phillips was all smiles in the 日光 yesterday.

The Queen’s grandson was enjoying himself with his wife Autumn and their 15-month-old daughter Savannah at the Gatcombe Horse 裁判,公判s in Gloucestershire.

Peter Phillips and Autumn Kelly with their first child Savannah, the Queen's first great-grandchild, as she enjoys the ice cream

In dad's 武器: Peter Phillips and Autumn Kelly with their first child Savannah, the Queen's first 広大な/多数の/重要な-grandchild, as she enjoys the ice cream

Savannah Phillips
Savannah Phillips

Enjoying the sun: Savannah goes for a stroll, then tucks into a tasty ice cream 反対/詐欺

Peter, 34, who 共同で organised the 裁判,公判s at the country home of his mother, Princess Anne, became a high-profile 犠牲者 of the 大規模な 職業s cull at the bank after 手渡すing in his notice as 長,率いる of 全世界の 後援. He had worked at the company for seven years.

But the casually dressed 王室の looked as if he didn’t have a care in the world yesterday as he swung Savannah playfully through the 空気/公表する before cradling her gently in one arm.

Peter’s 33-year-old Canadian wife, dressed in a baggy white 最高の,を越す and 黒人/ボイコット trousers, 抑制するd herself from such games as she is 推定する/予想するing the couple’s second child this month.

As for Savannah, the one thing she could bank on was getting? an ice cream ? but whether her pink gingham outfit escaped 無傷の was not 保証(人)d.

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