Will It Rain All Bank Holiday Weekend? What We Know So Far

We’ve whittled down to our last few bank holidays of the year. In England, Northern Ireland and Wales, there are only two left after the next summer bank holiday on 31 August.

Scotland, meanwhile, has a November date that the rest of the UK doesn’t take off – St Andrew’s Day – but next Monday isn’t a bank holiday there.

For the rest of the UK, however, the upcoming three-day stretch comes after a thundery week, with yellow weather storm warnings.

This begs the question: what will the weather be like this bank holiday weekend?

Well, so far, it’s not looking very sunny.

The Met Office has predicted an “unsettled” bank holiday weekend. On Friday, we can expect “bands of rain and showers moving across many parts… with most persistent rain towards the northeast”.

Northern Ireland is expected to remain relatively dry that day, however, while the south-east of England could escape some of the worst showers too.

It will also be “windy at times, especially on Saturday,” the weather service went on to note. This breeze and rain might be felt strongest in the south of the UK, though more northerly areas are still likely to face heavy clouds.

BBC Weather continued: “Sunday will be an unsettled day with showers or longer spells of rain, particularly across the north and the west”. Some thunder is possible.

And by bank holiday Monday itself, we can expect wetter, windier conditions to make their way north.

Still, a (literal) bright spot for some: BBC Weather predicts “sunny spells and the odd shower elsewhere”.

As for the rest of September, the Met said we’re likely to see higher-than-average rainfall at the start of the month (welcome for some after periods of drought).

The wettest conditions are likely to be in the north-west, though wind and showers will probably be mainstays in this period.

Meteorologists don’t expect the weather to dry out until late September.