Wales has its sunniest springtime on record

WALES has had its sunniest spring on record, the Met Office said.

- By GEORGE THOMPSON

Some 648 hours of sunshine were clocked in the country between March 1 and May 28 - higher than the UK average.

Kathryn Chalk, a Met Office meteorologist, said the provisional figure beats the previous peak of 647 hours in 2020.

She said: “It'll remain often cloudy across Wales today and into tomorrow, but some more brighter interludes are likely on Saturday as we end spring.”

The UK as a whole has clocked 636.8 hours of sunshine in spring this year, beating the 626 hours set in 2020.

Wales joins Scotland and Ireland in setting new peaks but England has not yet set a new record, Ms Chalk said.

Met Office sunshine data goes back to 1910.