Britain basks in Mother's Day sunshine hotter than Ibiza - with even warmer conditions to come this week By AYAAT YASSIN-KASSAB Published: 05:05 EDT, 30 March 2025 | Updated: 05:17 EDT, 30 March 2025 e-mail View comments Mothering Sunday has marked the start of soaring temperatures across the UK, with some regions hitting heats warmer than Ibiza. As we enter spring, temperatures are expected to continue to rise over the coming days, with highs of 17-19C from tomorrow, creeping up to highs of 20-23C by the end of the next week. And today, parts of southeast England are as warm as 16C, making them warmer than Ibiza which will be 15C at its warmest today, reaching only 16C over the whole week.
Brits will be celebrating their mothers in the sunshine as Reading, Oxfordshire, East Sussex, Surrey and West Sussex are expected to reach highs of 16C. While the southeast will enjoy the warmest weather, parts of southwest Scotland, the West Midlands and northwest England will experience peak highs later in the week. It comes after a partial solar eclipse on Saturday morning, with avid astronomers taking to their parks and gardens to catch a glimpse of the rare phenomenon.
There was also a burst of unsettled weather on Saturday, characteristic of early spring, and the Met Office warned that next week's hot days will probably be followed by colder evenings and nights. Met Office meteorologist Honor Criswick said: 'In typical spring fashion, we are going to see a short-lived spell of unsett.