Unless they’re going for beautiful beaches, a different culture and being waited on hand and foot at a luxury hotel, Brits with a Christmas getaway booked to Corfu may as well stay at home
Santa will be getting a sweat on as Britain is set to be hotter than Corfu on the warmest Christmas Day ever.
After 82mph weekend storms, an 800 mile-wide ‘tropical thrust’ arrives from Christmas Eve sending the mercury soaring.
Wednesday is forecast to be 13-14C with mainly dry cloudy skies in southern and northern England. And Scotland is due to be even hotter and is tipped to beat the 15.6C December 25 record, set in 1920 at Killerton, Devon.
Meanwhile it will be just 12C in holiday hotspot Corfu. The unusually warm period will prove a boost for festive sea swimmers. Bookmakers Coral has slashed the odds on Christmas Day being a record breaker from 4/1 to 6/4.
Coral spokesman John Hill said: “The odds say some Brits will be having BBQs for Christmas lunch this year.”
The Weather Outlook forecaster Brian Gaze said: “Incoming subtropical air will make Christmas Day extremely mild. Temperatures could beat the 15.6C record. The warmest temperatures could be in Scotland.”
STV weather presenter Sean Batty said: “It looks like 15C in north-eastern Scotland on Christmas Day.”
A Met Office forecaster said: “Christmas Day and Boxing Day look exceptionally mild for the time of year. Scotland could see overnight temperatures 10C above average on Christmas morning.”
Rainy spells are set to return around New Year, with early January chills following.
A Met Office forecaster said: “The first half of January has greater potential for colder episodes and a reduced chance of wet and windy spells. There could be wintry hazards at times.”
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