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Temperatures are due to soar in the coming weeks as a whopping 25 UK counties can expect to bask in 25C heat. New maps by WXCHARTS, which uses MetDesk data, show the incoming summery weather is expected to hit on May 25 - just over a week's time. This is due to bring highs of 27C for London, with other areas in the South reaching 25C and 26C.

The warmer weather is even extending to the North, with parts of Yorkshire forecast to hit 25C. Separately, the Met Office forecast for May 18 to 27 reads: "Changeable conditions look to dominate at first, with low pressure often close by. "This means periods of rain or showers, some of which could be heavy and more focussed across northwestern areas.

"Drier interludes are also expected, most especially across southeastern UK. As this period progresses, high pressure is likely to begin to build from the south bringing more settled weather, although with occasional showers.

"Temperatures near-normal to begin, but tending to recover as the period progresses, perhaps becoming rather warm by the end of the period, especially in the south.

"Winds will be stronger during the first part of the period, generally from a southwesterly direction, before becoming lighter in line with the more settled conditions."