UK's warm and sunny weather to continue for at least two more days People enjoy the sunshine in Trafalgar Square in central London, where temperatures reached 19C (66.2F) on Monday. Photograph: Paul Jerram/Demotix/Corbis Two more days of warm, sunny weather are promised for most people in the UK before the spring reverts to type with duller skies and - for drought-stricken southern areas - some welcome showers. Records have continued to tumble as chilly nights and foggy mornings turn rapidly into a daytime bask that is comfortably beating temperatures on the continent, from Athens to Madrid. The UK's hottest-ever for March - 25C (77F) in 1968 - is still comfortably out of reach but diligent researchers say that Monday was the warmest 26 March since records began, with Aboyne in Aberdeenshire claiming the honours at 22.9C (73.2F). The challenge now moves a little south to Yorkshire where the idyllic Dales village of West Witton holds the current record for 27 March of 22.8C (73.04F). That was in 1926, little more than a month before the general strike, just as 1968's record coincided with the political warmth of student revolution. Yorkshire will be lucky to keep the crown, according to forecasters, with the sun breaking through misty eastern areas earlier than on Monday. Lindsay Dovey of MeteoGroup said: "Today will be dry and sunny, with clear blue skies across the whole of the UK. Temperatures will be similar to yesterday. Tomorrow will be dry and sunny again, but there will be some cloud in northernmost Scotland, as well as patchy drizzle. Although wetter and cooler weather will target Scotland first, as the current area of high pressure finally releases its hold on the British Isles and slides eastwards, the hottest places in the UK are likely to remain north of the border until late on Wednesday. Other hotspots in Aberdeenshire are expected to be the ski resort of Aviemore and Braemar, home of the Royal Highland Games, whose 22.3 (72.1F) and 22C (71.6F) on Monday outdid Barcelona, Nice, Faro and even the Balearic islands. England's best in the current delightful spell has been Otterbourne in Hampshire and the Welsh champion, Porthmadog with 21.1C (69.9F). Central London reached 19C (66.2F) but further eastwards the mist and cooling effect of the North Sea saw seasonal average figures such as 9.5C (49.1F) at Weybourne in Norfolk and little better in Kent, where Manston recorded 12.1C (52.8F). Things are expected to revert to type by the weekend - a well-known habit of UK weather - and the traditional doomy approach to Easter suggests little chance of chocolate melting. The Meteorological Office has the familiar summary for the end of next week: "Unsettled conditions are likely to spread south to all areas." Dovey said: "Cloud will start to move further south tomorrow night. By Thursday much of northern and western Scotland will have drizzle but everywhere else will be dry and fine. Friday will be cloudy across northernmost and western Scotland, Northern Ireland and parts of north-west England and most of North Wales. Saturday is when temperatures will really start to drop. We're looking at 9C (48.2F) to 12C (53.6F) across most of the UK. Grass fires have broken out in tinder-dry conditions in western Scotland, where Highlands and Islands fire and rescue appealed to picnickers and walkers to take particular care. Deputy assistant chief officer Billy Wilson said: "We would also ask members of the public to ensure that no unnecessary burning of garden waste or rubbish is carried out in periods of very dry weather, such as we are experiencing at present, particularly when windy. If in doubt, please don't start a fire. Warnings were also issued about water temperatures both inland and on the coast, which are in line with normal March conditions and so starkly contrasting with the sunbathing weather. After Monday's near-death from hypothermia of a 20-year-old man in the Oxford canal near Banbury, jet-skiers off Worthing pier in Sussex found the body of a man in his 60s in the sea. Shoreham lifeboat crews attended and Sussex police said that a postmortem would be undertaken later.