UK to see ‘hottest day of year’ in time for Platinum Jubilee with Spanish plume

The UK is set to experience its hottest day of the year so far, just in time for the Platinum Jubilee weekend, as a Spanish plume is set to hit the country.

June will kick off with an absolute scorcher, as temperatures are set to rise as high as 28C in London on June 1, beating the previous record for hottest day of the year which was 27.5C – recorded at Heathrow Airport last Tuesday (May 17).

While the capital is experiencing record-breaking temperatures, the rest of the nation will also bask in the hot weather, with temperatures ranging from 22C to 26C.

The weather will cool off slightly the following day on June 2, with a maximum of 23C expected to hit East Anglia.

Tony Zartman, Senior Meteorologist from AccuWeather, has predicted “long stretches of sunshine” from the end of this month and heading into the start of June.

A substantial area of high pressure will build in the eastern Atlantic that could stretch from Iceland all the way down to Spain, that will see “warmer than normal conditions across the UK”.

He said while temperatures could reach highs of 25C during this period, they could even end up being slightly higher if the area of high pressure grows in strength.

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He told the Daily Express: “The period from the last couple of days of May into the first couple of days of June looks like a largely dry and settled one with long stretches of sunshine during the days.

“A large area of high pressure will build from the eastern Atlantic and stretch all the way from Iceland southeast through Spain.

“While it is not of the question that the odd shower or thundery shower could form under this high, most places and much of the time will be dry.

“The high will also promote warmer than normal conditions across the UK as well, with the greatest departure from normal expected across southern areas.

“While this is still more than a week away, daytime maximum temperatures across much of southern England from May 28 to June 1 look to be 20-25C.

“If the high ends up being even stronger than currently projected, then those temperatures could end up being slightly higher.”