{"id":16487,"date":"2026-04-18T07:58:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T07:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/16487\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T07:58:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T07:58:46","slug":"uk-weather-maps-turn-orange-for-22c-mini-heatwave-sparking-5-day-scorcher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/16487\/","title":{"rendered":"UK weather maps turn orange for 22C &#8216;mini heatwave&#8217; sparking 5 day scorcher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UK is set to expect warm temperatures across much of the nation again as another &#8216;mini heatwave&#8217; is on the cards as weather maps show highs of 22C in some regions<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Weather maps show temperatures of 22C \" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0_Screenshot_2026-04-17_at_104931_am.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Weather maps show temperatures of 22C \" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Weather maps show temperatures of 22C (Image: WXCharts)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The UK is set to welcome another &#8216;mini heatwave&#8217; as <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/weather\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">weather<\/a> maps turn orange with temperatures reaching 22C.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">According to WXCharts <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/uk-weather-forecast-met-office-37029481\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">weather maps<\/a>, that use MetDesk data, the high <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/uk-weather-maps-reveal-exact-37029871\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">temperatures<\/a> will hit the nation on Saturday, April 25 and last for five days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/met-office-reveals-elnino-return-37024183\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">maps show temperatures will peak<\/a> in the south-east of England and along the south coast, with many counties seeing temperatures of over 20C.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Regions across the UK will see highs of above 20C on Monday, April 27\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0_Screenshot_2026-04-17_at_105002_am.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Regions across the UK will see highs of above 20C on Monday, April 27\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Regions across the UK will see highs of above 20C on Monday, April 27(Image: WXCharts)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">On Saturday April 25, London and Surrey will be some of the warmer areas, sitting at 19C.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">These areas in the south are expected to stay hot into the following week as Monday will see the temperature increase.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The start of the week will welcome warms of 22C with many areas seeing the temperatures enter the 20s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The West Midlands will also have sunny spells, facing 19C on April 27.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Even in the north, the maps show that temperatures will reach 18C.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The warm spell will begin on Saturday, April 25\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0_Screenshot_2026-04-17_at_104951_am.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"The warm spell will begin on Saturday, April 25\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">The warm spell will begin on Saturday, April 25(Image: WXCharts)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/met-office\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Met Office<\/a> says &#8220;high pressure&#8221; could dominate with warm and sunny spells before the end of the month. However, it also states that some unseasonal April <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/snow\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">snow<\/a> is on the cards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The Met Office forecast for April 21 to 30 states: &#8220;High pressure to the north of the UK will bring plenty of dry weather and sunny spells at first. A few scattered showers are possible in central and eastern areas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Parts of the east coast could be on the chilly side with low cloud and an onshore breeze, but further west it will feel quite warm, especially in sunnier areas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;By the weekend, unsettled weather is signalled to return, but confidence in the details is low with a range of scenarios possible. One scenario is for a northerly wind bringing wintry showers to northern and eastern coasts, and some snow over Scottish mountains.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;If this does occur it will probably not last more than a few days, before high pressure attempts to return towards the end of the month.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The UK is set to expect warm temperatures across much of the nation again as another &#8216;mini heatwave&#8217;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16488,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[4832,257,1310,256,5,6,150],"class_list":{"0":"post-16487","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"tag-heatwave","9":"tag-met-office","10":"tag-metdesk","11":"tag-snow","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-weather"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116424655680676925","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}