Chester-le-Street (Durham) weather

Headline:

Changeable and often breezy during this period. Temperatures around average.

Today:

A dry day for most, with hazy sunshine. However, it will turn increasingly breezy and cloudier from the west as the day progresses. Rain is expected to arrive over western hills by mid-afternoon, possibly turning locally heavy. Maximum temperature 20 °C.

Tonight:

Cloudy with outbreaks of rain spreading east across much of the region, more frequent over higher ground. Breezy throughout. Conditions may turn drier in the east later in the night. Minimum temperature 14 °C.

Saturday:

Dry and gradually brightening in the east, with sunny spells developing during the afternoon, but often cloudy with occasional light rain or drizzle in the west. Breezy. Locally warm. Maximum temperature 22 °C.

Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:

Rather cloudy with showers on Sunday, locally heavy. Fewer showers on Monday, with more sunny spells. Breezy throughout. A cool start on Tuesday but dry with plenty of sunshine.

Likely a fairly cool start to the period with a few showers still to clear from the east, but for most it should become fine and dry, although some chilly mornings are possible. Through the rest of the week any rain will tend to focus on the north or northwest of the country, with the south becoming predominantly dry. Temperatures are likely to remain close to, perhaps a little below average initially. However through the second half of the week and especially the following weekend there are signs that temperatures will begin to trend up, becoming warm or very warm once again, especially across southern parts of the UK, but perhaps more widely as we head toward the middle of July.

Changeable conditions with a predominantly northwest to southeast split in temperature and rainfall, and the potential for further occasional episodes of hot weather and thundery outbreaks, are considered likely to gradually give way to something more settled and dry overall through the second half of July. Temperatures are likely to be above average, with the greatest chance of very warm or hot spells in the south or southeast.