Chester-le-Street (Durham) weather

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Showers on Wednesday.

Today:

A day of sunny spells and blustery showers, some of the showers locally heavy with a risk of hail and thunder. Feeling rather cold, with temperatures below average for the time of year. Maximum temperature 12 °C.

Tonight:

Patchy cloud with further showers into the evening and overnight. Temperatures falling to low single figures but remaining generally frost free. Minimum temperature 3 °C.

Thursday:

Another day of bright spells and occasional heavy showers, these continuing to bring the risk of some hail and thunder. Likely drier into the evening. Temperatures remaining cool. Maximum temperature 12 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Drier into Friday and Saturday, sunny spells but temperatures a little below average. Likely cloudier Sunday with some rain possible, but temperatures turning milder.

Changeable and at times rather unsettled conditions look to dominate at first, with low pressure often close by. This means periods of rain or showers, some of which could be heavy, for many places, though some drier interludes are also expected. As this period progresses, high pressure is likely to begin to build from the south bringing more in the way of settled weather. Temperatures likely cooler than average to begin, but tending to recover as the period progresses, perhaps becoming rather warm by the end of the period, especially in the south.

Patterns which bring more settled weather are more likely to dominate towards the end of May. Whilst further rain and showers are possible at times, there is likely to be longer spells of fine and dry weather. Into June, more mixed conditions are likely with spells of rain and showers, but also some drier weather at times. Temperatures are most likely to be near or slightly above average overall, with some warm weather possible at times.