{"id":83414,"date":"2026-05-15T18:11:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T18:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/83414\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T18:11:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T18:11:29","slug":"london-weather-colder-than-helsinki-as-hailstorm-sweeps-capital-but-a-mini-heatwave-is-coming-next-week-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/83414\/","title":{"rendered":"London weather: Colder than Helsinki as hailstorm sweeps capital&#8230;but a mini-heatwave is coming next week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A hailstorm swept <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/london\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:London;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;London&quot;}\" class=\"link \">London<\/a> on Wednesday morning as temperatures plunged in the capital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Londoners shared video of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/hail\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:hail;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;hail&quot;}\" class=\"link \">hail<\/a> pounding pavements and gardens. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and his wife, Lady Victoria, were even caught in it as they made their way from 10 Downing Street to the House of Lords for the State Opening of Parliament.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/met-office\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Met Office;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Met Office&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Met Office<\/a>, temperatures were set to hover around 12C throughout much of the day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">That will make London colder than cities north of the capital, such as Finland\u2019s capital <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/helsinki\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Helsinki;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Helsinki&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Helsinki<\/a>, where the Met Office predicts a high of 17C on Wednesday, and Norwegian capital Oslo, where 15C is forecast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It will remain cold in London for the rest of the week with a high of 14C predicted on Thursday and 15C on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">But it looks like it\u2019s going to get a lot warmer next week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/bbc-weather\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:BBC Weather;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;BBC Weather&quot;}\" class=\"link \">BBC Weather<\/a> is reporting highs of 24C from Thursday, May 21, to Saturday, May, 23, with temperatures staying above 20C into the following week, which is May half-term for many London schools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A hailstorm swept London on Wednesday morning as temperatures plunged in the capital. 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