The upcoming Platinum Jubilee weekend is set to be one of the hottest of the year so far as millions across the country prepare for festivities.
Temperatures are predicted to get to around 28C as celebrations are running from Thursday June 2 to Sunday June 5, reports the DailyMail.
With a wet end to May currently forecast, many will be looking forward to some good weather for the official bank holidays on the Thursday and Friday of the Jubilee weekend.
The current long range forecast has the weather taking a turn for the better after wetter and windier conditions in the coming week.
After potential thunder and heavy rains over coming days, it is expected that conditions will settle to become drier and hotter than usual for this time of the year.
Towards the Platinum Jubilee weekend, conditions are expected to become more settled and drier with “above average temperatures, particularly in the south and southeast”, according to the Met Office.
These conditions are expected to persist as we move through the beginning of June.
Communities across the UK have plenty of reasons to celebrate.
Not only has Queen Elizabeth II reigned as monarch for 70 years but eight places have been awarded city status as part of the celebrations.
Stanley in the Falklands Islands is the first Overseas Territory to win the competition for city status, while Douglas on the Crown Dependency of the Isle of Man has also claimed the civic honour.
The Cabinet Office said that Bangor in Northern Ireland, along with Colchester, Doncaster and Milton Keynes in England, plus Dunfermline in Scotland and Wrexham in Wales have also won the honour.
The full list is:
Bangor, Northern Ireland
Colchester, England
Doncaster, England
Douglas, Isle of Man
Dunfermline, Scotland
Milton Keynes, England
Stanley, Falkland Islands
Wrexham, Wales
They are some of the places that “make Britain great”, according Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Steve Barclay.
Bookies have alarmingly even cut the odds of it being the hottest June on record, from 5/1 to just 2/1.
Alex Apati of Ladbrokes said: "A record-breaking hot June will more than make up for what looks set to be a miserable end to May, and the odds suggest that's exactly what we could have."
Record breaking weather is set to happen more and more frequently as the effects of climate change are felt across the world.
India is currently enduring its hottest spring in at least 122 years with temperatures reaching a terrifying 47C in New Delhi.
