Leeds weather: how warm will it get in Leeds this weekend? Latest forecast
A spell of warmer weather is set to arrive in Leeds just in time for the weekend.
Having shivered through a freezing first half of the week, the city is set for the hottest day of the year so far very shortly. It is about to feel practically balmy over the next few days.
The Met Office is forecasting highs in the double digits and looks set to top the previous high of 9C seen back in January. Unfortunately, the rain is expected to stick around - at least for now.
How warm will it get in Leeds this weekend?
After freezing conditions returned at the start of the working week, things are looking up heading into the weekend. Starting today (February 20), it is going to get a lot warmer.
The outlook for today reads: “Overcast and windy with a band of rain and hill snow moving through the region from the west before turning showery later with gusty winds. Maximum temperature 11 °C.”
Rain showers are expected between 8am and 4pm, the Met Office forecasts. Temperatures will only dip to 8C at the lowest, which makes a nice change.
Meanwhile, the weather over the coming days will continue to be “milder”. The forecast states: “Rain will clear quickly to the east on Saturday, becoming partly cloudy with some occasional showers. Sunday and Monday will also be dry and settled. Temperatures feeling milder.”
The Met Office has predicted that Saturday (February 21) will see highs of 13C with lows of 9C. Temperatures are set to reach 12C on Sunday (February 22) with the warmer conditions due to continue into much of next week.
Highs of 14C could be seen on Tuesday (February 24) and Wednesday (February 25), according to the long-distance forecast.
Looking even further ahead, the Met Office adds: “Confidence is rather low through this period with regards to the weather patterns affecting the UK. The most likely outcome is a continuation of rather changeable conditions, with low pressure systems tending to pass close to or across the UK, bringing occasional spells of wet and windy weather, especially in the north and west.
“High pressure to the south may build across the UK at times to bring some drier, quieter interludes, this probably most frequent in the south and east. Temperatures are likely to be near or slightly above average for the period as a whole, though some relatively short-lived interludes of colder conditions remain possible.”