{"id":372617,"date":"2025-08-25T15:23:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T15:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/372617\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T15:23:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T15:23:12","slug":"uk-weather-warmest-august-bank-holiday-monday-on-record-in-wales-and-northern-ireland-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/372617\/","title":{"rendered":"UK weather: Warmest August bank holiday Monday on record in Wales and Northern Ireland | UK News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wales and Northern Ireland have recorded their warmest August bank holiday Monday temperatures.<\/p>\n<p>It was 28.1C (82.5F) at Gogerddan, beating the previous record of 26.5C (79.7F) set in Crossway, Gwent, in 1991.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the mercury hit 24.5C (76.1F) in Magilligan, Derry\/Londonderry compared with the previous record of 23.8C (74.8F) at Banagher, Derry\/Londonderry, in 1983.<\/p>\n<p>There were no records broken in England and Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>The warmest August bank holiday Monday on record for the UK and England was 33.2C (91.7F), recorded at London&#8217;s Heathrow Airport and Cambridge Botanic Garden on 26 August 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Scotland&#8217;s highest was 25.6C (78F) at Kelso, Roxburghshire, in 1984.<\/p>\n<p>There was widespread sunshine for most on Monday but later in the day the remnants of Hurricane Erin, a storm which previously hit the US east coast, will be west of the UK, bringing rain and wind which will continue throughout the week.<\/p>\n<p>For the next few days, temperatures will be nearer average, low 20s in the south and high teens across the north.<\/p>\n<p>Met Office meteorologist Craig Snell said: &#8220;On Monday it will be a very warm and sunny picture for most.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It will start to go downhill and rain will start to move in for Northern Ireland into the afternoon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more from Sky News:<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/hundreds-of-thousands-evacuated-and-airports-closed-due-to-vietnam-typhoon-13418122\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Hundreds of thousands evacuated due to typhoon<\/strong><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/one-person-airlifted-to-hospital-after-helicopter-crash-on-isle-of-wight-13418150\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>One person airlifted to hospital after helicopter crash<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sdc-article-image__item\" loading=\"lazy\" intrinsicsize=\"768x432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/skynews-weather-summer-wythall-birmingham_7001010.jpg\"   alt=\"A couple take a selfie at a farm in Wythall, Worcestershire. Pic: PA\" data-testid=\"article-image-image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Image:<br \/>\n        A couple take a selfie at a farm in Wythall, Worcestershire. Pic: PA<\/p>\n<p>From Tuesday onwards, spells of rain will be moving across all parts of the country, and it will be wettest in the west, Mr Snell said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It will be heavy at times in the west, but at the moment we&#8217;re not expecting too many impacts, and it may, for farmers or anyone who needs the rain, be welcome,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, a band of rain will move across the whole country, and low pressure will remain until the weekend with further spells of rain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wales and Northern Ireland have recorded their warmest August bank holiday Monday temperatures. 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