The coolest air in ‘months’ will bring an historically warm summer of 2018 to an end. It’s all about the final numbers and whether this summer has matched or exceeded 2006 as warmest on record.

 

The frequent, intense and long lasting hot spells of this summer have proven to be remarkable, even exceeding 1976.

So far this summer, we've had 26 days of 30C or over and 65 days of 25C or over.
In 1976 we saw 24 days above 30C.
30C+ days in previous years:
2017: 7
2016: 8
2015: 3
2014: 3
2013: 12
2012: 5
2011: 3
2010: 6
2009: 5
2008: 2
And summer's not over yet! Jo pic.twitter.com/UcPuQn7MJw

— BBC Weather (@bbcweather) August 9, 2018

Did you notice the nip in the breeze today and if your out this evening? Follow the isobars and you can see they are coming from the north!

We ending our hottest or one of the hottest summers with the coolest air probably since May.

Plenty of instability or convective showers moving southwards through today.

If your out early Saturday morning, any breeze will make you want a decent coat.

Sunday morning dawns on a particularly chilly note as winds are light, skies clear and the cool air mass in firmly entrenched over the UK with a decent shot at a frost away from urban areas.

Looks like more cold starts to the day into early next week too but there’s signs of the return to summer late next week and the weekend.