Forecasters are at war over whether or not the UK will actually be boiled by a 28C mega heatwave in April. Excitement has been brewing among Brits in recent days after news of the potential scorcher broke.
The claims where initially made by Jim Dale, a senior meteorologist at British Weather Services, who reckons the hot summer weather is coming early this year.
He told the Express: "I think hot weather could come in fairly early as far as April is concerned perhaps."I know March is the start of Spring but I think we're probably going to get properly into April before we start to see the searing sort of temperatures."I wouldn't be surprised to see 26C, 27C, 28C in the middle of April."However, weather forecasters don't seem to be unanimously behind Mr Dale's prediction.
Nick Finnis from Netweather reckons April will actually be far cooler. He said: "I’m leaning towards a below average first half the month temperature-wise, with cold northerly winds at times and with it showery weather, but generally fairly dry too, with some settled weather encroaching from the west at times. "As we enter the second half of the month...
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