Britain has been sizzling in a 21C heatwave today (March 23) – but snow could fall in just a matter of days in a sudden and dramatic change of weather.
The country saw a higher temperature than Barcelona, which only reached highs of 16C, but also higher than traditionally warm cities such as Athens, Cairo, Marrakesh and Ibiza.
With the thermometer reaching 21C, it marks a 10C increase compared to the average temperature for the month of March.
But the temperatures are some way off the highest UK March temperature, which was 25.6C recorded in Cambridgeshire on March 29, 1968.
BBC weather forecaster Ben Rich said: “It is another beautiful spring day with lengthy sunshine and the vast majority will stay dry.
“There is just a small chance of one or two showers popping up in north east Scotland and maybe in the eastern counties of England.
“It will not be as breezy as it was on Tuesday across western areas but it is every bit as warm.”
Supermarkets recorded a 50% rise in burger sales while ice lolly sales rose three-fold.
Tesco is expected to sell 250,000 packets of sausages and over two million bottles of beer and wine this week, while Asda is set to clear 500,000 patties and 250,000 sausages as Brits soak up the good weather.
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Temperatures will drop again to around freezing later on tonight (March 23) with fog patches expected tomorrow.
The Met Office states a trend of showery and colder conditions is expected to take place from Monday (March 28).
And it will continue to drop later on next week, with a possible -10C in Scotland next Friday (April 1).
Snow could even fall across northern England and Scotland on the first weekend of April.
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