Unusually hot weather across the UK in Autumn

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Brendan cooling off in some water in Folkestone.
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Parts of the UK are having lots of sunshine and high temperatures that aren’t usual for this time of the year. And some people are heading to the water to cool down!

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Temperatures in London and south-east England are likely to stay high until next Tuesday. These people have realised it's great weather for going to the park...

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...where the ducks are out in the sunshine too.

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And it means the weather's great for ice cream!

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On the coast in St Andrews in Scotland it was a perfect day to relax on the beach.

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The Met Office, who forecast the country's weather, say it's been caused by warm air coming across France and then moving towards the UK.

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The "mini-heatwave" is expected to bring sunshine across the England and Wales for the rest of the week, but rain is predicted for western Scotland and Northern Ireland in the next few days.

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Even though it's really warm now, the all-time highest temperature recorded in September was 30.6C in Hampshire, England, way back in 1895.