UK Forecast - May 03, 2026
Showers and sun
Cooling, particularly north

Monday
A front over southern areas of England and Wales brings cloud and some outbreaks of rain through Monday, these easing into the afternoon. A cold front over northern Scotland also gives cloud and patchy rain here. For other areas the day is largely dry with cloud breaking and some sunshine developing, the best of this in northern England, Northern Ireland and southern Scotland. Only a few scattered drizzly showers. Highs at 18C in the far south, 14 to 15C in most areas, to 9C northern Scotland.


Monday Night
The cold front in Scotland pushes patchy rain southward through the Highlands and towards the Central Belt and southeast in the late overnight hours. Except for a few odd spots of drizzle, England and Wales are dry with a mix of cloud and clear skies. Ireland is substantially dry with broken cloud too, just a few drizzly showers along north and west coasts. Lows at 8 to 10C southern England, 5 to 7C to the north and in Ireland, with frosts in northern Scotland.


Tuesday
Tuesday starts bright for northern England and Wales, patchy sunshine for central England and Ireland. The cold front moves ever further south, brining cloud and showers into northern England, passing southward into central England and Wales with time. The showers may become heavy for a time afternoon. A few showers will affect Scotland throughout the day, sunny spells here too. Most of Ireland stays dry with a mix of cloud, sun, and sparse drizzly showers. Southeast England is dry too with sunny spells. Highs at 15 to 16C central and southern England, 13C Ireland, 8 or 9C Scotland.


Wednesday
Remaining rather cloudy for many on Wednesday. A band of showery rain north to south across Scotland, the Irish Sea, and into Wales and southwest England; heavy bursts here and there. Some showery rain in the morning in northern England as well. Probably fewer showers in Ireland and perhaps East Anglia and southeast England, these areas seeing bursts of sunshine. A southwesterly breeze picks up in northwest Scotland late in the day. Highs at 8C in northern Scotland to 15C in southern England.