Yet more dry weather and becoming warmer once again
Date published: 07 May 2025
Here's Jon Baylis's latest in-depth weather forecast
It’s turning out to be an amazing Spring with plenty of settled weather, also meaning it’s been very dry.
It’s no surprise that we’ve had the sunniest March and April on record across the UK.
However, Oldham weather expert Jon Baylis has said it for a few weeks now. We need some rain.
We are well below-average for Spring, sitting at 23% of the average rainfall,
And yet again there is no sign of any significant rainfall amounts over the next two weeks.
High pressure, that has been in control of our weather this week, has been in a position to bring some cloud in from the North Sea, making it cooler at times.
This cloud moves around the high so sunny spells have been coming and going.
Towards the end of the week, this high will slip away to the northeast and introduce a drier and warmer south-to-southeasterly airflow.
Temperatures will respond.
This will then be replaced by another high pressure that will slip in from the west as we head into next week bringing further dry weather and pleasant sunny spells.
It was a cold start to Tuesday this week, with a ground frost in many places and some places recording an air frost but this is not unusual for early-May, especially under the influence of high pressure, clear skies and light winds.
A couple of chilly nights to come this week but from Friday the risk, for frost, for now has passed.
Here's Jon's latest in-depth forecast:
Today (Thursday): Still variable amounts of cloud throughout the day so sunny spells one minute and then thicker cloud the next.
Dry and with that high pressure starting to slip away there will be a keen breeze.
Warmest in sheltered western parts.
Max 18°C Min 5°C.
Friday: Feeling much warmer with more in the way of sunshine and lighter winds.
Very pleasant indeed.
Max 20°C Min 6°C.
Don’t forget your sun cream if you’re out and about in the sun for a lengthy period of time.
UV levels are now up to HIGH around lunchtime and MEDIUM for most of the morning and the afternoon.
Weekend: Decent. One hand on the BBQ, one hand watering the garden.
Saturday: Some early mist and another great day, warm with sunny spells.
Max 22°C Min 7°C.
Sunday: With southerly winds in place and plenty of sunshine temperatures will lift and it will really feel like summer again.
Some cloud could well bubble up enough later in the day/evening to produce an isolated shower or thunderstorm as the air gets a little bit of instability from a low pressure to the south of the UK.
Max 22°C Min 9°C.
Outlook: There is an outside chance, later on Sunday and into Monday, of an isolated shower.
Otherwise, the week will be dominated again by high pressure slipping in from the west, bringing plenty of sunshine and temperatures close or into the 20s °C.
With us only having a quarter of our rainfall during March and April, we will now be two weeks into May without any significant rain.
If this continues, we could well start to hear the words drought or hosepipe ban mentioned in the news.
It’s got to change at some point and I’m not complaining about the lovely weather, but we are definitely in need of some rain.
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