Forecasters at the Met Office continue to predict plenty of fine and warm weather over the Bank Holiday weekend, providing ideal conditions to get out and about.

Roads into Cornwall were very busy today and were expected to get worse by tonight. Thousands of people were heading into Cornwall in the hope of seeing the sunshine all weekend.

Just as the dates for Easter varies from one year to the next, so does the UK weather in March and April. Looking back through the Met Office archives and Easter weather over recent decades, the differences in weather have been marked to say the least, as the records show: In 1983 snow fell across large parts of the country. Up to 15cm of snow was reported in parts of southern England, whilst there was hail, thunder and snow over northern areas of the UK.

In 1984 temperatures soar with the highest holiday temperature of 26 Degrees C recorded at Jersey, in the Channel Islands on Easter day.

In 2000 heavy rain and thunderstorms bring a soggy Easter for many areas across the UK, with several locations recording over 12mm (half an inch) of rain. 24.4mm of rain was recorded at Lake Vyrnwy, Powys on Bank Holiday Monday.

In 1964 a distinct lack of sunshine through this holiday weekend, thanks to cloud brought in on a cold easterly wind. Some central and southern places failed to see any sunshine over the entire weekend.

In 1969 plenty of sunshine for many areas throughout this Easter, with areas of north west Scotland topping the sunshine table on Easter Day, with of 12 hours of sunshine.