{"id":71623,"date":"2025-05-03T16:44:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T16:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/71623\/"},"modified":"2025-05-03T16:44:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T16:44:10","slug":"met-office-says-britain-to-feel-much-cooler-after-sharp-temperature-plunge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/71623\/","title":{"rendered":"Met Office says Britain to feel \u2018much cooler\u2019 after sharp temperature plunge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Britons hoping for some more warm sunshine will soon be disappointed, as the UK is about to feel a sharp temperature plunge and feel \u201cmuch cooler\u201d, the Met Office has said. <\/p>\n

The weather office has declared that the recent spell of balmy weather with unseasonably high temperatures<\/a> is officially over, with the mercury soon set to drop around the country.<\/p>\n

On May 1, the month kicked off to a glorious start, with highs of 28C recorded in south west London.<\/p>\n

It marked the hottest start to May on record<\/a>, but just a few days later, the mercury will take a dramatic turn.<\/p>\n

\"Weather<\/p>\n

On May 4, high temperatures will ‘subside’ and be replaced with ‘cooler weather’ across the UK<\/p>\n

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On May 4, high temperatures will \u201csubside\u201d and be replaced with \u201ccooler weather\u201d across the UK.<\/p>\n

Met Office meteorologist Honor Criswick explains: \u201cThe main theme over the next few days is that it’s going to be feeling much cooler […] particularly across central and eastern areas, and some locations could see a good 10C difference if you compare the temperatures to 24 hours earlier.\u201d<\/p>\n

She added: \u201cThere is going to be more clouds across Scotland, some showers feeding through across the very north\u201d.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the southwest will see clouds and showers rising from the south, which could “turn quite heavy, particularly through the course of the day\u201d.<\/p>\n

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She added that \u201cthere’s a chance they could turn thundery\u201d.<\/p>\n

Met Office Deputy Chief Meteorologist Tony Wisson explained: \u201cThe recent very warm weather for the time of year is subsiding over the weekend as a weak cold front moves over the UK. We expect cooler temperatures as the front pushes south. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis cooler air will also help introduce isolated showers across eastern parts, but it should stay drier further west.<\/p>\n

\u201cSunday will feel much cooler compared to recent days, with temperatures falling slightly below average for the time of year. We can expect mid-to-low double figures for many, and even single figures for those further north.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Met<\/p>\n

The Met Office has confirmed May 1 is the hottest start to May on record<\/p>\n

PA\/Met Office<\/p>\n

Wisson said that the coldest temperatures will be felt on Sunday and Monday, with a slight increase beginning on Tuesday – though nowhere near as high as recent days.<\/p>\n

\u201cHigh pressure will continue to dominate the UK weather next week, bringing largely dry weather and variable cloud amounts,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Thursday\u2019s heat surpassed the previous May Day record of 27.4C, which was recorded at Lossiemouth, Moray, on May 1, 1990.<\/p>\n

The high temperatures are particularly remarkable when compared to last summer, which wasn’t even close to being this hot.<\/p>\n

Last year’s summer saw average temperatures of only 14C, making today’s May heatwave all the more extraordinary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Britons hoping for some more warm sunshine will soon be disappointed, as the UK is about to feel…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71624,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5018,3,4],"tags":[748,393,4884,1144,712,16,15,1764,741],"class_list":{"0":"post-71623","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-britain","8":"category-uk","9":"category-united-kingdom","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-northern-ireland","14":"tag-scotland","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-wales","18":"tag-weather"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114444911587602216","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71623\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}