Today brings sunny spells across the country with scattered showers, mainly to northern areas. Some thunderstorms may develop this afternoon across northwest England and southwest Scotland, with temperatures into the high teens, possibly reaching 22°C in southern England.

Tuesday will see similar conditions, with sunny periods for most areas and isolated afternoon showers. Those heaviest and with the risk of thunderstorms in southern and western Northern Ireland. Temperatures will be up a few degrees on Monday’s, with maxima of 25°C in southern England.

By Wednesday, there's the potential for more organised rain or showers across parts of southern England and Wales, with the odd thunderstorm possible. Other areas will continue to enjoy predominantly fine weather.

Thursday and Friday bring plenty of sunshine, particularly in western areas, while eastern regions remain cloudier. Temperatures will reach the high teens to low 20 degrees Celsius during daytime hours, although eastern coastal areas will remain chilly.

We could have some unseasonably cold nights on Thursday and Friday, with some isolated frost possible.

A change in type for the weekend

The bank holiday weekend sees a marked change in weather type, as Deputy Chief Meteorologist Mark Sidaway explains: “The high pressure that has been around for the last few weeks will slowly lose its grip on the UK this week, bringing a change to more unsettled conditions with many areas seeing rain or showers, ending the prolonged dry spell.

“The change comes this weekend, with weather systems moving in from the Atlantic, arriving from the west probably later on Friday and through Saturday. They will bring with them spells of rain, which may be heavy at times, with a risk of strong winds in places. These conditions will gradually spread across the UK on Saturday, with Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday likely seeing sunshine and showers. 

“So, whilst the bank holiday won't be a complete washout, with some sunshine expected, this weekend represents a notable shift from the fine and settled weather pattern that has dominated so far this month.”

An unsettled forecast for half-term week

As we head into the half-term week for many, conditions are likely to remain unsettled, with rain, wind and around average temperatures in the forecast. We’ll have much more detail on this as we head through the week.

An exceptionally dry and sunny spring so far

Spring 2025 so far, has been exceptionally dry and sunny, with records looking set to be broken. On Friday, we confirmed that the UK had already recorded more sunshine hours so far this spring, than it did for the whole of meteorological summer last year, according to provisional Met Office statistics. But with unsettled conditions in the forecast and still almost two weeks of May to go, there is still plenty of time for things to change.

We’ll be releasing our full statistics for May and Spring 2025 on Monday June 2. 

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