BURY is set for a mini heatwave this week after temperatures soar to 17C.
The Met Office confirmed that Tuesday was England’s warmest day of the year with temperatures reaching 18C in some areas.
The spring sunshine will continue throughout this weekend, before cloudy weather returns on Monday.
Across the Northwest temperatures are expected to reach as high as 19C.
The settled theme continues for the rest of this week and into the #weekend with lots of #spring #sunshine, thanks to an area of high pressure keeping cloud and rain mostly at bay pic.twitter.com/PqbF50pTPt
— Met Office (@metoffice) March 22, 2022
There is also good news for hay-fever sufferers as pollen counts are predicted to remain low.
Here’s an hour-by-hour forecast for Wednesday and Thursday.
Wednesday
Afternoon
12am Sunny, 17C
1pm Sunny intervals, 17C
2pm Sunny intervals, 17C
3pm Sunny, 17C
4pm Sunny, 17C
5pm Sunny, 16C
6pm Sunny, 15C
Thursday
Morning
7am Sunny, 8C
8am Sunny, 9C
9am Sunny, 11C
10am Sunny, 12C
11am Sunny, 13C
Afternoon
12pm Sunny, 15C
1pm Sunny, 15C
2pm, Sunny intervals, 16C
3pm Sunny internals, 16C
4pm Sunny Intervals, 16C
5pm Sunny intervals, 15C
6pm Sunny intervals, 14C
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