The UK could see temperatures of up to 25C on Today, which will rise each day until a peak on Wednesday or Thursday of 28C, with a small chance of seeing 29C.

There will also be widespread sunshine, with only the northernmost parts of Scotland expected to see some rain.

Met Office meteorologist Craig Snell stated that:

“At the moment we’ve got up to 21.5C in central London and Hull.

“As we go through the next few days we will see the warm spell continue.”

He also added that

“For a lot of the UK it’s going to be largely sunny” and that “Temperatures will be “markedly higher” than what they should be for this time of year, as at the end of April it is usually about 12C in the north and 16C in the south, so some areas could be in excess of 10C higher than the average.

Records for April and May are unlikely to be broken as the record for April stands at 29.4C, and May’s record is 32.8C.