UK weather: Spring to make a comeback with warmest day of the year forecast

The colder Arctic air across the UK over the last few days has meant temperatures have struggled to reach double figures for many.

Combined with some wintry showers and snow over higher ground, it felt like winter had made a return.

However, through this week a warmer southerly wind will draw up air from the Mediterranean and bring temperatures around 6 or 7 degrees above average on Wednesday.

Widely across England and Wales temperatures will get into the mid to high teens.

For Wales we’re very likely to see the warmest day of the year so far with the temperature exceeding the 17.8C recorded at Porthmadog on 5 March.

And there’s a possibility somewhere in the Midlands, north-west England or north-west Wales could see a temperature close to 20C.

Potentially exceeding the UK’s current highest temperature of the year so far of 19.2C – set in London earlier in March.