Forecasters are predicting an unusually warm autumn for the UK, with continental air potentially pushing October temperatures as high as 25C around Halloween
Brits are set to bask in Halloween heat as warm air sweeping in from the continent could bring 25C sizzlers. After an unsettled early-September, forecasters reckon there will be warm and dry conditions next month.
The Met Office said hotter periods are more probable – with a warmer-than-normal autumn eight times more likely – meaning Halloween could be more trick or sweat than trick or treat. The national meteorological service’s long-range forecast, being briefed to council and transport chiefs, said: “There is an increased chance of hot spells in early autumn.
“The chance of a warm autumn is higher than normal. The next three months are around twice as likely as average to be warm.”
Forecasters also warned there will be showers at times in October along with the baking temperatures.
BBC Weather said: “After mid-September, temperatures should increase. And a further boost to temperatures may come later in September, with the period to October 4 most likely warmer than average.”
November is expected to see wetter and windier spells. It comes after the mercury soared to 27C in the south yesterday.
Highs of 24C were predicted today in the south, with a cloudier 19C in the north before showers later in the week.
Elizabeth Rizzini, a BBC weather presenter, said: “Showery outbreaks of rain will push west to east and, behind this cold front, temperatures will be lower by Tuesday. Wednesday is forecast to be more settled.”
It comes after Spain saw its hottest day of 2026, with Huelva in the south-west reaching 45.7C on Thursday.
Meanwhile, it was recently confirmed that Brits experienced the country’s hottest ever summer this year.
This summer was the warmest in the UK since records began in 1884, according to provisional figures from the Met Office.
The average temperature across June, July and August was 16.5C – beating the previous high of 16.1C set only last year.
It means the top six warmest summers on record have all occurred this century, including three this decade, with 2026 in first place, followed by 2025, 2018, 2006, 2003 and 2022.