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Jacob Stolworthy

Glastonbury weather: Latest Met Office forecast predicts sunny festival with the odd shower

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Glastonbury 2023 is almost upon us, with the music festival set to open its gates on Wednesday (21 June).

Festivalgoers are preparing to watch this year’s headline acts Arctic Monkeys, Guns N’ Roses and Elton John. Other acts on the line-up include Lizzo, Lana Del Rey, Lewis Capaldi, Texas and Kelis.

There’s less than a week to go until people start to arrive at the Worthy Farm site, and revellers are undoubtedly refreshing their weather apps to see what they can expect across the five days.

Weather experts are providing regular updates on the current forecasts for Pilton, Somerset – and it currently looks like it will be a mostly dry affair.

You can find the rundown of the weather forecast for Glastonbury – as noted by Accuweather– below.

Wednesday 21 June is said to be sunny with some clouds and a thunderstorm from late morning onwards. The temperature is predicted to be 22 degrees.

Thursday 22 June is said to be sunny with some clouds. Predicted highs of 23 degrees.

Friday 23 June will be mostly sunny with some clouds, and highs of 23 degrees.

Saturday 24 June will be cloudy with spells of rain – featuring highs of 23 degrees.

Sunday 25 June is expected to be warm, with temparatures of up to 27 degrees and a mostly cloudy outlook.

Glastonbury Festival (Getty Images)

This list will be updated as and when more accurate forecasts are available.

Here’s a list of the 20 greatest Glastonbury performances, ranked.

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