It might be October, but it is feeling more like June with highs of 19°C, and the forecast is for it to stay mild throughout the weekend and into the start of the half term in Wales next week.
The Met Office forecast for Wales over the weekend says temperatures will "remain above average for the time of year by day and night". Temperatures of 19.5°C were recorded on Wednesday, and the Met Office forecast for Thursday is also forecasting maximum temperatures of 19°C for Wales.
The high temperatures are a result of the increasingly apparent effects of global heating. More than half of the UK's oldest active weather stations recorded their hottest day ever in 2022, according to Met Office data. New records were set during the heat waves in July at 56 of the 109 longest-standing stations in the UK.
