TEMPERATURES in the North East and North Yorkshire are expected to reach a balmy 18C this week as the warm spring weather continues.

The pleasant weather comes as temperatures hit 20C in some parts of the UK on Saturday for the first time since October.

According to the Met Office, temperatures are expected to climb to 17C and 18C across much of North East and North Yorkshire today and for the rest of the week.

The weekend is also looking warm, with temperatures of 17C expected across the region on both Saturday and Sunday.

Met Office spokesman Richard Miles said “lots of places” will see temperatures in the high teens today

He said that while these temperatures are above average, they are not that unusual for this time of year.

On Saturday, the mercury hit 20.2C in Kinlochewe in Scotland, although this is still some way off the highest UK March temperature which was 25.6C recorded in Cambridgeshire on March 29, 1968.

Mr Miles said he would be surprised if that record was broken this month.

Unfortunately, the weather is set to get cooler next week, with temperatures dropping to 13C and 14C across the region on Monday and Tuesday.

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