White Easter as Met Office says it could snow in parts of England

Date01 April 2021
Published date01 April 2021
Parts of the UK saw temperatures hit almost 24C 75.2F on Wednesday, with Weybourne, north Norfolk leading the way at a peak of 23.9C 75F.

The figure fell just shy of the nation’s hottest ever March temperature of 25.6C 78F, which was recorded in 1968 at Mepal in Cambridgeshire.

But the warm weather will not extend into the Easter weekend, with temperatures forecast to drop to the low teens in the east of England from Thursday.

Met Office spokesman Grahame Madge said a “cold front” will start moving down from the north, bringing with it colder, windier conditions in stark contrast to the previous “warm southerly winds”.

Good Friday is expected to be fine and sunny for much of the UK before developing into rain on Easter Sunday, with...

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