All four nations of the UK recorded their highest temperature of the year so far on Tuesday after very warm air was dragged in from continental Europe.<\/p>\n
The addition of the foehn effect – a warming wind on the leeside of a mountain – meant that north-west Wales saw the highest temperatures.<\/p>\n
Wales – 24.8C (76.7F) – Mona, Isle of Anglesey<\/p>\n
England – 22.5C (72.5F) – Merryfield, Somerset<\/p>\n
Scotland – 22.5C (72.5F) – Kinloss, Moray<\/p>\n
Northern Ireland – 19.0C (66.2F) – Armagh, County Armagh<\/p>\n
Most of England and Wales will be dry and sunny again on Wednesday with a gentle south to south-easterly breeze.<\/p>\n
Some cloud will move into parts of northern England and Wales, especially in the afternoon, and it won’t be as warm along western coasts.<\/p>\n
The focus of the highest temperatures on Wednesday will be the Midlands, East Anglia and south-east England, possibly reaching 26C (79F) in some localised spots.<\/p>\n
This is around 10C above average for early April.<\/p>\n
The last time before this week that 25C or more was recorded in the UK was 19 September 2025, when temperatures peaked at 27.8C at St James’s Park, London.<\/p>\n
Around this time in April in 2017 and 2020 25C (77F) was recorded, but last year that temperature was not reached until the last day of the month.<\/p>\n
The highest temperature ever recorded in the UK in April was 29.4C (84.9F) measured in London in 1949. <\/p>\n