Steve Jackson

Not a fan of the cold? Well temperatures are on the up with some milder Atlantic air moving in from Tuesday and temperatures will push back into the mid-teens for some 🌡️

If you're not a fan of the cold, we may have some good news as it's set to turn warmer for a time this week 🌡️ Here are more details, and an early look at the bank holiday weather 👇

Today’s #Coventry weather readings: #Bablake data 29/03/26 0900hr pressure 1028mb 0900hr Relative Humidity 71% 24hr maximum 9.9C Day maximum 9.9C 24 hr minimum 0.7C Night minimum 0.7C Grass minimum -4.8C Rainfall 0.0mm; monthly total 28.4mm Sunshine 7.6hr; monthly total 120.2hr Average wind speed 9.1mph Maximum gust 40mph

Extremes for West Midlands on 28/03/2026 Highest max temp Pershore 12.3 °C Lowest max temp Leek, Thorncliffe 6.6 °C Lowest min temp Shobdon Airfield -0.5 °C Highest rainfall Leek, Thorncliffe 2.6 mm Sunniest Wellesbourne 8.7 hours

A cloudy start for Scotland and Northern Ireland on Sunday morning, with rain sweeping southeastwards 🌧️ England and Wales begin frosty but bright, before cloud and rain edge in from the northwest ⛅

Don’t forget, the clocks spring forward at 01:00 GMT this Sunday morning. More here: bbc.in/4thRoWE

THE WEEK AHEAD A mixed weather outlook ahead, with periods of unsettled conditions and dry spells. Ben Rich has the details 10 day forecast: bbc.in/41xSCB7 Photo: Tockenham, Wiltshire - taken by Thunderclap

On this day in #Coventry archives 1892-2025 29th March Last fog on this date.....1894 last hard frost.....1940 last gales.....1952 last cold day.....1952 last warm day.....1968 last thunder.....1986 last hail.....1986 last drought.....1995.....17 days last wet day.....2005 last sunny day.....2019 last snowfall.....2020 last mild day.....2021

Date records in #Coventry archives 1892-2025 29th March Mildest day.....21.8°C.....1929 Coldest day.......2.8°C.....1952 Coldest night....-5.6°C...1940 Mildest night.....9.6°C...1998 Grass minimum..-10.6°C...1901 Wettest day.......27.2mm....1955 Sunniest day....11.1hr........2019 Photo Martin Clews

30-year Daily averages in #Coventry 1991-2020 29th March Mean maximum temperature....11.7°C Mean minimum temperature.....3.8°C Grass minimum temperature....1.1°C Average rainfall.......2.6mm Average sunshine....4.2hr #Bablake data

Long range two week weather forecast picto-graphic for #Coventry: Check out day by day forecast below:

#Coventry forecast hour by hour see here: bbc.com/weather/2652221 5 day forecast picto-graph see below Weather Coventry - meteoblue

Staying changeable through the rest of the weekend as weather fronts swing in from the Atlantic 🌦️

Today’s #Coventry weather readings: #Bablake data 28/03/26 0900hr pressure 1024mb 0900hr Relative Humidity 62% 24hr maximum 12.1C Day maximum 12.1C 24 hr minimum 2.2C Night minimum 2.2C Grass minimum -2.9C Rainfall 1.2mm; monthly total 28.4mm Sunshine 0.0hr; monthly total 112.6hr Average wind speed 6.1mph Maximum gust 23mph

A chilly start to Saturday morning with pockets of frost in places ❄️ A band of organised showers brings persistent spells of rain and hill snow for a time in Northern Ireland and southern Scotland 🌦️ Otherwise sunny spells and showers but feeling cold in brisk winds 🥶

On this day in #Coventry archives 1892-2025 28th March 1929 This was the earliest date in the whole year in the past 133 years to record a temperature higher than a summer-like 70F. It was the second day of a late March 'heat wave' almost a century ago: 27-3-29.....19.6C 28-3-29.....21.8C 29-3-29.....21.8C 30-3-29.....22.0C.....the earliest 72F on record. Warmest days on this date: 21.8C.....1929 20.6C.....2012 19.3C.....1968 18.6C.....1907 18.3C.....1933

Date records in #Coventry archives 1892-2025 28th March Mildest day.....21.8°C.....1929 Coldest day.......2.2°C.....1952 Coldest night....-4.3°C...1915 Mildest night.....8.6°C...1998 Grass minimum..-11.2°C...1915 Wettest day.......20.6mm....1979 Sunniest day....10.9hr........2012

30-year Daily averages in #Coventry 1991-2020 28th March Mean maximum temperature....11.9°C Mean minimum temperature.....3.2°C Grass minimum temperature....0.1°C Average rainfall.......1.0mm Average sunshine....4.4hr #Bablake data

Long range two week weather forecast picto-graphic for #Coventry: Check out day by day forecast below:

#Coventry forecast hour by hour see here: bbc.com/weather/2652221 5 day forecast picto-graph see below Weather Coventry - meteoblue