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It has. Hello there, Riz. It has, in fact, been very sunny here today and very warm, too. It was the warmest day again.
Warmest early April day in London for 80 years with temperatures reaching 26.6°C; cooler weather and unsettled conditions expected later in the week.
Key Takeaways
- April 9th, 2026 was one of the warmest early April days in London in 80 years.
- Temperatures peaked at 26.6°C, well above the April average of 15°C.
- A cold front will bring cooler and more unsettled weather starting Thursday night.
- Temperatures will drop to near average levels by the weekend with rain and cloud.
- Mild and sunny conditions will be short-lived, giving way to typical spring variability.
Summary
- London experienced very warm and sunny weather on April 9th, 2026, with temperatures reaching 26.6°C at Kew Gardens.
- This temperature is significantly higher than the April average of 15°C and marks the warmest early April day in about 80 years.
- The previous record was from mid-April 1949.
- The evening and overnight will remain dry and clear with mild temperatures around 10-11°C.
- Tomorrow will start bright and sunny but cloud cover will increase in the afternoon due to an approaching cold front.
- Temperatures on Thursday will still be mild, around 20-21°C, especially in the southeast.
- The cold front will bring a brief burst of rain and possible thunder overnight Thursday into Friday, followed by cooler temperatures dropping to 3-4°C.
- Friday will be largely overcast with cooler temperatures around 13°C.
- The weekend and next week will see temperatures return to average April levels (13-14°C) with unsettled weather and rain showers.
- Saturday will be cloudy with rain clearing by evening and some sunshine returning, but temperatures will remain in the low teens.
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Speaker A
Yesterday was the warmest day so far. Today is the next warmest day. We got to 26.6 degrees Celsius at Kew Gardens. The average for April is 15 degrees Celsius.
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So, considerably higher. Fun fact for you in London: the early April temperature, we had the warmest one for about 80 years. The one previous was in mid-April in 1949.
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Now, as we headed through today, we had plenty of sunshine. We haven't seen too much in the way of clouds getting in the way of that sunshine. But, it is about to change. It is going to get that
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little bit cooler as we head through tomorrow and subsequent days. Now, through this evening and overnight, it is going to be dry and clear. We're going to hang on to these clear skies.
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It's not going to be very cold. The temperature's got a long way to drop.
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So, we're looking at a minimum temperature in London of around 10 or 11 degrees Celsius. So, staying in double figures, especially in central London.
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Now, for tomorrow, we will start on a bright start. We've got plenty of sunshine around at least to start the day. So, the morning, we're soaking up sunshine, still hanging on to that mild air at least to start with. But, as we
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head through the afternoon, we will start to see a little bit more in the way of cloud. It's actually a cold front which is heading towards us and that eventually will deliver that colder air.
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The temperatures as we head through Thursday, we're still looking 20-21 degrees Celsius, especially if you hang on to the sunshine down in the southeast. Now, overnight on Thursday and into Friday morning, that cloud or the cold front is going to continue to
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sweep across us. Should be largely dry, but in the early part of the night, we might just get a little burst of rain in the home counties. You might hear a rumble of thunder, but it's very short-lived. It will sweep through and
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actually clear for a while as we head through the early hours of Friday. We'll see a bit more cloud bubbling up into the morning. So, temperatures overnight, we're still dropping down to low single figures. So, we get that colder air
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around 3° or 4° C. Now, as we head into Friday, it is going to be a largely overcast day, but we'll start to see maybe one or two brighter spells. Temperatures on Friday, significantly cooler, 13° C.
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So, that cold front delivers that colder air. Now, as we head through the weekend and into next week, it is returning to something more like average for April.
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The temperatures are returning to around 13° or 14° C. It is going to turn rather unsettled through the weekend. For Saturday, it is going to be quite cloudy. There will be a spell of rain. Looking likely that's going to clear towards Saturday evening,
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and we might actually get the return of some sunshine as we head into Saturday evening itself, but those temperatures are still going to be in the teens, around 12° or 13° C. And staying quite unsettled with a few outbreaks of rain
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into next week. Riz.
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