Grab the sun cream – it’s going to be proper warm!
Temperatures are set to reach 23°C in York today (Friday), which would make it the hottest day of the year so far.
The warm weather will continue over the weekend, with a top temperature of 22°C on both Saturday and Sunday – although showers are also predicted for Sunday.
And there’s lots to do this weekend, from scarecrows to tractors:
Amy Bokota, senior operational meteorologist at the Met Office, said: “For the UK as a whole, for the early part of May, the average daytime temperature is around 16C, so it’s quite a bit above average.”
Next week will bring unsettled weather, the Met Office said, as temperatures cool and an area of low pressure from the Atlantic brings scattered showers and possible thunderstorms as early as Sunday afternoon.
“We’ll likely see temperatures back into the high teens, perhaps low twenties in a few spots, but certainly a few degrees less,” Ms Bokota said.