UK Met Office
There are already fears temperatures could climb again in August.
Giving ice lollies to zoo animals is probably sound – wearing a bearskin hat less so.
It's looking like Sunday and possibly next Monday might be quite toasty...
The Met Office issues yellow alert for Scotland and northern England.
If you're 30, more than 50% of all global fossil fuel emissions have been released since you were born.
The Met Office issues a yellow rain warning covering overnight on Wednesday and into Thursday.
Only seventh time the month has seen the mercury rise above the mark in the last 50 years.
The warmer and brighter weather coincides with the easing of England’s lockdown on Monday.
Some areas of the country could see as much as 20cm of snow, with amber weather alerts in place.
Torrential rain is also expected to affect many parts of the country.