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England Weather Hotter Than World Cup Host Brazil As Year's Hottest Day So Far Forecast

Hotter Than Rio: England On Track For Year's Hottest Day
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England is expected to have the hottest day of the year as temperatures could rise higher than one of the 2014 World Cup's host cities Rio de Janeiro.

Temperatures could rise to 27C on Friday, topping this year's record of 26.5C as a spell of unusually warm weather continues, the Met Office has said.

Currently parts of the UK are enjoying better weather than fans and players at the football tournament which kicked off on Thursday, with Brazil's opener against Croatia played in the relative cool of the low 20s in Sao Paulo.

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Festival-goers on the Isle of Wight

Sunseekers are urged to enjoy the weather while they can though as temperatures are set to take a dip on Saturday, with the chance of some thundery showers after days of high humidity.

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UK Summer weather
Summer weather June 13(01 of24)
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Festival goers Zoe Abbott (left) and Rachel Gates taking a dip in the sea at the beach in Ryde, before heading to the Isle of Wight Festival. (credit:PA)
Summer weather June 13(02 of24)
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Festival goers taking a dip in the sea at the beach in Ryde, before heading to the Isle of Wight Festival. (credit:PA)
Summer weather June 13(03 of24)
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Festival goer Zoe Abbott (centre) getting splashed by water from their friends in the sea at the beach in Ryde, before heading to the Isle of Wight Festival. (credit:PA)
Summer weather June 13(04 of24)
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A man stands holding a umbrella in the fountains outside the Southbank centre in central London. (credit:PA)
Summer weather June 13(05 of24)
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People sunbathe in Jubilee Gardens on the Southbank, in central London, on what is the hottest day of the year so far, and believed to be hotter than in Rio, Brazil where the World Cup is being held. (credit:PA)
Summer weather June 13(06 of24)
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People sunbathe on Parliament Square, in central London, on what is the hottest day of the year so far, and believed to be hotter than in Rio, Brazil where the World Cup is being held. (credit:PA)
Summer weather June 13(07 of24)
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People sit in the sun in Hyde Park central London. (credit:PA)
Summer weather June 13(08 of24)
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A woman sits in long grass during hot weather in Hyde Park, London. (credit:PA)
Summer weather June 13th(09 of24)
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Dog walkers walk past Antony Gormley's Another Place sculpture and along Crosby Beach, Merseyside, on what is the hottest day of the year so far, and believed to be hotter than in Rio, Brazil where the World Cup is being held. (credit:PA)
Summer weather June 13th(10 of24)
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Antony Gormley's Another Place sculpture stands on Crosby Beach, Merseyside, on what is the hottest day of the year so far, and believed to be hotter than in Rio, Brazil where the World Cup is being held. (credit:PA)
Summer weather June 13th(11 of24)
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Spectators enjoy the midday sun during the AEGON Nottingham Challenge at The Nottingham Tennis Centre, on what is the hottest day of the year so far, and believed to be hotter than in Rio, Brazil where the World Cup is being held. (credit:PA)
Summer weather June 13th(12 of24)
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People sunbathe in Jubilee Gardens on the Southbank, in central London, on what is the hottest day of the year so far, and believed to be hotter than in Rio, Brazil where the World Cup is being held. (credit:PA)
Summer weather June 13th(13 of24)
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People sunbathe in Jubilee Gardens on the Southbank, in central London, on what is the hottest day of the year so far, and believed to be hotter than in Rio, Brazil where the World Cup is being held. (credit:PA)
Summer weather June 13th(14 of24)
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Jonah Rosenberg-Shuklar, four, who is visiting London, runs in the fountains outside the Southbank centre in central London. (credit:PA)
Summer weather June 13th(15 of24)
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A man stands holding a umbrella in the fountains outside the Southbank centre in central London. (credit:PA)
Summer weather June 13th(16 of24)
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People sunbathe in Jubilee Gardens on the Southbank, in central London, on what is the hottest day of the year so far, and believed to be hotter than in Rio, Brazil where the World Cup is being held. (credit:PA)
Summer weather June 13th(17 of24)
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People sunbathe in Jubilee Gardens on the Southbank, in central London, on what is the hottest day of the year so far, and believed to be hotter than in Rio, Brazil where the World Cup is being held. (credit:PA)
Summer weather June 13th(18 of24)
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A family stand in the fountains outside the Southbank centre in central London. (credit:PA)
Isle of Wight Festival 2014 - Day 1(19 of24)
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Festival enjoy the sunshine at the Isle of Wight Festival, at Newport on the Isle of Wight. (credit:PA)
Isle of Wight Festival 2014 - Day 1(20 of24)
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Festival goers arrive at the Isle of Wight Festival, at Newport on the Isle of Wight. (credit:PA)
Weather 12th June(21 of24)
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Finnian Burke pictured in the fountains at the Queen Elizabeth Park in Stratford, London. (credit:PA)
Summer weather June 11(22 of24)
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Visitors enjoy the sunshine and rhododendrons at the National Trust's Cragside estate in Northumberland. (credit:PA)
Summer weather June 11(23 of24)
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Visitors enjoy the sunshine and rhododendrons at the National Trust's Cragside estate in Northumberland. (credit:PA)
Summer weather June 11(24 of24)
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Visitors enjoy the sunshine and rhododendrons at the National Trust's Cragside estate in Northumberland. (credit:PA)

MeteoGroup forecaster George Goodfellow said the weekend will remain pleasant but resemble something closer to what we are used to seeing for this time of year.

"By this evening we're likely to see some thunderstorms and showers, and over the weekend there will be a noticeable drop in temperature," he said.

"It will drop to what we are used to seeing in June, around 21 or 22C, so it should still be a nice weekend."

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Sunbathers in London's Jubilee Park

Simon Partridge from the Met Office said that long spells of humidity lead to a build up of cloud and higher chances of downpours.

"We do have a weak front system bringing a lot of cloud with it," he said. "That cloud will thicken through the morning into the late afternoon and early evening, bringing the chance of rain."

It is expected to remain cloudy in Scotland and Northern Ireland, which have missed out on the sunny spell that the rest of the UK is enjoying.

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The weather is set to pick up again from Sunday, but may struggle to reach the high temperatures experienced this week, Partridge added.

England's footballers, who will take to the pitch in Manaus in north west Brazil on Saturday evening, will have to contend with temperatures of between 23C and 29C.

Closer to home the warm weather is good news for those attending the Isle of Wight Festival and Download Festival, both of which begin today.

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