LONDON, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Sun-soaked Britain could see the hottest day of the year during this weekend's public holiday, the Met Office has said.

Some areas of the country could hit 30C on Monday, an official public holiday, but it is unlikely to beat the record for a May public holiday recorded just a few days before the famous D-Day landings during World War II.

A record temperature of 32.8C was recorded on Monday, May 29, 1944 at Regents Park in London, Horsham in West Sussex and Tunbridge Wells in Kent.

Martin Young, Deputy Chief Meteorologist at the Met Office, said: "Although temperatures will rise into the mid to high 20s for southern and central parts of England and Wales, with a small chance of temperatures pushing 30 C, it looks unlikely that we will see the warmest temperature records broken."

"However, there is a 50/50 chance we may see the warmest day of the year so far at some point towards the end of the weekend," added Young.

London's St. James Park currently holds the record for the warmest day of the year in 2018, with 29.1 C recorded on April 19.

There will be plenty of fine, warm and sunny weather over the weekend and although the best of the sunshine will be across Northern Ireland and Scotland.

It'll feel warmest across southern England and Wales, where temperatures there could rise into the high 20s.

These high temperatures will also bring the risk of thunderstorms over the weekend. Not everywhere will feel the heat however, with eastern parts feeling much cooler due to north easterly winds blowing in from the North Sea, according to the Met Office.