It’s likely to be the warmest February since records began, but get ready to kiss goodbye to the sunshine as we wind down for a wet and windy weekend.
The recent warm spell has in part been due to winds coming from the African continent for the past fortnight.
As well as bringing warmer temperatures with it, dust from the desert is also present in the air, meaning some places could see blood rain.
Scattered, thundery showers are due to fall on Thursday across western parts of the country, including south-west England, the north-west and Wales.
Less macabre than it sounds, so-called blood rain is a phenomenon caused when red dust and sand from the Sahara desert mixes and falls with rain, creating a rusty red colour.
In hotter times of the year when evaporation occurs much faster, blood rain can leave a film of dust on cars and furniture.
Forecaster Becky Mitchell said it was exceptional to beat the 1998 record given the chilly start to the month.
She said: At the moment, the current average is 9.9C and of course we have got just one more day of February to go, so it looks like we are on track to be the warmest February on record.
Mitchell added: It was really quite cold at the start of the month it’s pretty exceptional to have caught up with the 1998 one.