Today is February’s hottest day on record

Today the temperature has reached  20.8C, the highest recorded temperature in the  UK.

The Met Office has recorded 20.8°C at at Porthmadog, Gwynedd in Wales breaking the 1998 record of 19.7C in Greenwich.

Met Office meteorologist Helen Roberts said: “This morning there will be some fog patches, particularly in the north east of England and Welsh borders, but that will lift and clear readily.

“It’s going to be a really decent day with lots of sunshine, apart from in northern Scotland where we’ll see some cloud and outbreaks of rain.

“It’ll be around 18-19C today in the North West and the London area – it’s going to be a lovely day and exceptionally mild for this time of year.

The warm weather is expected to carry on until the end of the week.