UK could be as warm as 17°C today even though it’s almost Halloween

Today will be unseasonably warm today in many areas, with highs of 16 or 17°C predicted despite it being close to November.

The Met Office says that while it may not be very sunny, it’s going to be hotter than average for this time of year.

Over the weekend, temperatures reached 17.4°C at Herstmonceux in East Sussex, and the warm weather hasn’t yet gone away.

In a weather forecast to start the week, Kathryn Chalk said that things were looking ‘much milder but dull’ with a lot of cloud and outbreaks of rain and drizzle.

‘We may see some glimmers of sunshine developing in the south and east and perhaps even across northeastern parts of England and Scotland as well,’ she said.

‘But on the whole, it’s a murky picture out there with temperatures still staying above average for the time of year, perhaps 16° or even 17° towards the far southeast of England in any sunny breaks.’

It will remain mild overnight, with temperatures of around 10 or 11°C in many areas.

As people put their pumpkins at the their doors and prepare for Bonfire Night, the air is usually nippy, but this week any won’t even be using their big coats.

It may not be a full on Indian Summer, but many families on their half term break this week will be pleased it’s at least not a washout with another storm, after the UK was hit with widespread flooding in September as well as earlier this month.

Kathryn added: ‘Tuesday does promise a bit more in the way of sunny spells, especially as we go through the afternoon, so any low cloud, mist, and fog should gradually lift and break, and we’ll start to see some brighter skies developing towards the south, especially across northeastern parts of England and northeastern Scotland.

‘Here, the best of the sunshine through Tuesday, but the cloud will still be thick enough for some rain or drizzly showers to develop into the afternoon.

‘Otherwise, still staying rather mild out there once again, 15° possibly even 16° in the south, 13° in the north where maybe it will be a little bit dryer.

‘As we go through the week, it does look like higher pressure is building, but it won’t be wall-to-wall sunshine.’

Is it normally this warm in late October?

No, mild temperatures in the high teens are warmer than usual for this time of year.

The average maximum temperature at Heathrow over the entire month is 15.81°C, and we are close to November which has an average maximum temperature of 11.47°C.

Warm temperatures in general are getting more frequent due to climate change, with the world coming close to exceeding 1.5°C above pre-industrial temperatures this year.

This week in particular, a high pressure system will being finer weather than we’ve been experiencing.

Did the clocks go back this week?

While it may be milder weather than normal for the end of October, we’ll have less time in the evenings to enjoy any nice weather as the clocks went back this weekend meaning the sun will set an hour earlier.

In the UK, the last Sunday in October means the end of British Summer Time (BST) as it makes way for Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Turning the clocks back allows us to have extra sunlight in the morning at the expense of the same amount in the evening.

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