AS we prepare ourselves for soaring temperatures this weekend as the UK and the North East is set to see a mini heatwave, we took a look back at how the North East enjoyed heatwaves in the past.
According to the Met Office, it will be “mostly fine and warm” this weekend, and locally “very warm with sunny spells.”
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A wave of high-pressure is set to sweep across the UK today sending temperatures soaring to highs of up to 25c this weekend.
In the North East the weather is set to be mostly “dry and bright” over the weekend and “turning warmer with easing winds.”
In Darlington temperatures could reach as high as 18c by mid afternoon on Saturday and Middlesbrough will also see temperatures of 18c.
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In Durham temperatures will also soar with highs of 18c at around the same time, and for North Yorkshire, Northallerton will see temperatures of a scorching 19c.
We’ve pulled together a gallery of pictures below from people enjoying the warmer weather in April and a heatwave in July last year:
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