This is exactly when rain will hit Birmingham after Easter weekend sparks 25C temperatures

Rain will return to Birmingham THIS WEEK - after a sweltering Bank Holiday saw the hottest Easter Monday ever recorded.

All four of the UK nations have recorded their warmest Easter Monday on record, the Met Office has confirmed on April 22.

Another day of spring sunshine saw highs of 25C at Heathrow and Northolt, in London.

In Birmingham, the mercury hit 22C - and in Surrey, the previous English record of 24C in the Solent in 2011 was beaten with 25C highs.

Temperatures reached 24.2C at Kinlochewe in the Scottish Highlands, 23.6C in Cardiff and 21.4C in Armagh.

But the heat won't last, we're afraid.

Any early cloud will soon clear to give a very warm and sunny day on Tuesday.

The sunshine will turn hazy by the evening but the wind will stay light.

Expect scattered thundery showers will move northwards on Wednesday, introducing cooler conditions.

It will then stay similar, with further heavy, thundery showers and strong winds at times.

Ahead of the weekend, the forecasters said: "Next weekend could be very unsettled, with often heavy rain and the risk of gales, especially in the west and southwest.

"Thunder and hail are likely at times and temperatures will mainly be on the cold side of average.

"Thereafter, for the remainder of April and into early May, unsettled conditions are likely to dominate, with a chance of showers or longer spells of rain and some periods of stronger winds, especially in the west and southwest."

Met Office forecaster Marco Petagna said: "We have got high pressure moving at the moment giving most of the UK a lot of fine weather, this combined with the fact that the high pressure has dominated for the past few days is allowing the temperatures to heat and build."

It comes after Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland each enjoyed their warmest Easter Sunday on record, according to the Met Office.

England's top Easter Sunday temperature of 24.6C at Heathrow fell short of the 2011 record when the mercury reached 25.3C in the Solent.

The UK's warmest Easter temperature was the 29.4C recorded at Camden Square in London on Easter Saturday in 1949.

The other warmest Easter weekend days include the 26.9C recorded at London's St James's Park on Good Friday in 2011 - when the mercury also reached 25.3C on Easter Sunday and 24C on Easter Monday, both in the Solent.

Many Britons made the most of the last day of the bank holiday weekend, packing beaches and parks to soak up the spring sunshine.

Some were pictured cooling off in the sea in Broadstairs, Kent, while children played in the Ross Fountain in Edinburgh's West Princes Street Gardens.