Britain will see higher temperatures this week, with highs of up to 18C (64F) predicted in some areas of England.

The warmer spells come just a week after flooding hit parts of England and Wales, causing major travel disruption and forcing some communities to install temporary flood defences.

Parts of eastern and southern England could see highs of 18C by Wednesday and Thursday, and areas of eastern Scotland are expected to hit 17C (62.6F) by Friday.

Betting site Coral has slashed its odds on the UK recording its hottest spring ever from 4/1 to 5/1, and also has odds of 7-4 that the highest ever UK temperature of 38.5C (101.3F) is exceeded this year.

Next week's weather...



📈 High pressure

☁️ Partly cloudy

🌤️ Sunny spells

🌡️ Warming up

🌧️ A little rain and drizzle in northern Scotland

🌬️ Possibly more unsettled over the weekend pic.twitter.com/GE5lW8Xt6T — Met Office (@metoffice) March 24, 2019

The warmer weather is due to a build-up of high pressure and means much of the country will see dry weather with plenty of sunshine.


It will get colder again over the weekend as Arctic air moves south.

The three-month outlook from the Met Office says: "For March-April-May as a whole, above-average temperatures are more likely than below-average temperatures."

Image: Flooding caused travel disruption in England and Wales last week

The average temperature for April is 11.5C (52.7F).

The highest temperature ever recorded in March was 25.6C (78F) in Mepal, Cambridgeshire in 1968, while the highest April temperature was 29.4C (84.9F).