ANDOVER has been blessed with some wonderful weather this weekend, with the town due to be hotter than one of Europe's most popular travel destinations.

Soaring temperatures will make the town hotter than Lisbon in Portugal this weekend, according to the Met Office, making for perfect ice cream weather.

Residents will no doubt flock to popular spots like Vigo Park to soak up the sun.

We've put together a forecast for the weekend, which you can read below, all information is accurate from the Met Office at the time of writing:

Saturday, June 29, highs of 23C

  • 10am, 16C, sunny intervals
  • 11am, 17C, sunny intervals
  • 12pm, 19C, sunny
  • 1pm, 20C, sunny intervals
  • 2pm, 21C, sunny intervals
  • 3pm, 22C, sunny
  • 4pm, 22C, sunny intervals
  • 5pm, 23C, cloudy
  • 6pm, 23C, cloudy
  • 7pm, 22C, cloudy
  • 8pm, 20C, cloudy
  • 9pm, 19C, cloudy
  • 10pm, 18C, cloudy
  • 11pm, 17C, cloudy

Sunday, June 30, highs of 20C

  • 10am, 16C, sunny intervals
  • 11am, 18C, sunny intervals
  • 12pm, 18C, cloudy
  • 1pm, 19C, cloudy
  • 2pm, 19C, cloudy
  • 3pm, 20C, cloudy
  • 4pm, 20C, cloudy
  • 5pm, 19C, sunny intervals
  • 6pm, 19C, cloudy
  • 7pm, 19C, cloudy
  • 8pm, 18C, cloudy
  • 9pm, 17C, cloudy
  • 10pm, 16C, cloudy
  • 11pm, 15C, cloudy

This weekend, Lisbon will see highs of 21C on Saturday and 22C on Sunday, why would anybody want to go abroad when they can visit Andover?

The Met Office says today's weather will be: "Fine with a good deal of sunshine during the morning, perhaps becoming hazy into the afternoon with thicker cloud spilling over from the northwest. Feeling rather warm with light winds."