Brits told ‘put sledges back’ as temperatures ‘rising 10C above October average’

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A weather forecaster has declared the upcoming hot spell an official "Indian Summer" with temperatures rising "well above 10C more than we should be getting" for this time of year in the UK.

The mercury is expected to rise this weekend and heading into next week, with warm air from the continent bringing unseasonably warm conditions. It comes following the hottest September on record, both in the UK and globally.

"We've just been through, globally, the warmest September on record. And we didn’t just beat it by a tiny bit – we actually scorched it," Jim Dale, Senior Meteorological Consultant at British Weather Services, told the Daily Star. "And so far, October is not doing much to prevent this month going in a similar direction."

READ MORE: Met Office reveals exactly how hot 'unseasonal' October scorcher will be this weekend

Mr Dale explained air is coming up from southern Spain – where temperatures are "sitting in the mid to high-30Cs" – through France and into southern parts of the UK. East Anglia, the south-east and southern-central regions can all expect temperatures between 25C and 27C this weekend.

Mr Dale said: "For southern England, you're talking well above 10C more than we should be getting on average. That’s not 1C, 2C or 3C – it’s 10C. And it looks like temperatures around 22C to 24C may last four or five days, so into next Wednesday (October 11)."

"Time to put the sledges you dragged out the garage back," he said, adding that the conditions constitute an official "Indian Summer".

Sadly for people in Scotland, Mr Dale expects the border to be the "line in the sand" between where will feel the heat and where will not. He added: "But it will affect Northern Ireland, Wales and England."

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