A blast of Arctic air is set to sweep across Cornwall this weekend and will force temperatures to plummet close to zero degrees, despite it being May.

The glorious warm sunshine of the Easter bank holiday weekend will seem a far cry on Saturday night when some parts of the Duchy will experience temperatures of 2C or 3C.

Thankfully the cold will be short lived and will only affect the weather largely overnight compared to the daytime when temperatures will soar back up to double figures, just, as areas such as Truro and Newquay will see temperatures of 11C.

Sunday is likely to be the warmest for much of the county with temperatures hovering around the 12C mark.


The day with the most sunshine is likely to be  Saturday while much of the bank holiday is thankfully set to be dry.

The biggest chance of rain across the three days is on Monday but the risk is still only at around 10 per cent, according to the Met Office.