Britain hotter than Malibu with five-day sizzle for hottest autumn for 364 years

Get your red swimsuits out – Britain is hotter than Malibu.

A 400-mile-wide subtropical swelter is bringing Baywatch-style weather. The 26C (79F) five-day sizzle comes amid our hottest autumn for 364 years.

It sparked a surge in BBQ and booze sales – and the ­biggest October beach rush on record. After 25C temperatures today (Saturday, October 7), ­tomorrow will be even hotter at 26C. It will stay at 25C until Wednesday – 10 C above average October highs.

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It’s even warmer than 23C Malibu – setting for the iconic 1990s California beach drama, starring David Hasselhoff and Pamela Anderson. The scorcher has been brought in by heat from the tropics. The Met Office said “temperatures across much of England and Wales would be “well above average”. Netweather forecaster Nick Finnis added: “It feels like ­summer – and warmth will hang on until Wednesday.”

Coastal resorts saw a surge of bookings as sunseekers rushed to the seaside. Ice cream stalls ­reopened weeks after closing for the winter, and deckchairs were hauled out of storage. But it was a different story in Scotland, where 10 people were ­airlifted from vehicles hit by l­andslides following torrential rain.

RAF helicopters rescued stranded drivers and passengers on the A83 and A815 in Argyll and Bute. Police said there were no ­reports of injuries.

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However, the weather is set to turn again next week, with biblical rain being reported. New satellite imagery from Met Desk's WX Charts – not associated with the Met Office – has shown that another onslaught of rainy weather will hit most of the country in the early hours of Friday morning.

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The images show that from around 6am on Friday (October 13), every part of the country from Edinburgh down to London will be suffering from a deluge of rain estimated to be around 2.5mm per hour, with parts of the North West and Northern Ireland, as well as Plymouth, facing around three to four millimetres per hour. It will last until around midday, before heading up to the rest of Scotland, eventually leaving the UK as it heads off to the Netherlands.

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And while the 24-hours after that are pretty calm and quite, Sunday (October 15) will see another barrage of similar proportions hitting our shores for another 24 hours until midday on Monday. This has been backed up by the Met Office's long-term weather forecast, which starts on Thursday (October 12) – with a possibility of frost predicted for some parts.

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