UK weather returns to normal after record-breaking heatwave
Monday expected to see last of high temperatures, with frost predicted in Scotland by end of weekSam Jones and agencies
guardian.co.uk, Monday 3 October 2011
Sunbathers enjoy the hot weather in Hyde Park, central London, on Sunday. Photograph: Mike Kemp/In Pictures/CorbisAfter days of fiercely hot autumn weather, which culminated in a new record temperature for 2 October of 29.4C (84.92F), the British climate is slowly resuming business as usual, with showers looming and frost predicted in parts of Scotland by the end of the week.
But the tail end of the heatwave was not enjoyed by the whole of the UK. Although much of England and south Wales sweltered over the weekend, there was rain in north Wales, the north of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, with temperatures hovering around 15C.
Monday is expected to see the last of the unseasonably warm weather, with highs of 28C possible. However, the mercury will peak at a much cooler 14C by the end of the week, forecasters said.
Victoria Kettley, a forecaster with MeteoGroup, the weather division of the Press Association, said: "The last of the high temperatures will be today, with temperatures of 25C and 26C across the Midlands and eastern England, and highs of 27C and 28C in some places. .............(more)
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