The warmest Remembrance Sunday ever was recorded today amid the unseasonable November weather.

Experts at the Met Office described the conditions as "exceptionally mild" after temperatures peaked above 20C in some parts of the UK.

It comes as thousands of people across Kent took part in ceremonies to mark Remembrance Sunday.

The mercury reached a summer-like high of 21.2C in Porthmadog, Wales.

And England and Scotland also broke records for the warmest Remembrance Day with highs of 19.2C in Bridgefoot, Cumbria, and 17.2C in Aviemore.

Castlederg in County Tyrone saw a maximum of 16.5C, which was 0.2C below the record for Northern Ireland.

The Met Office tweeted: "It’s been an exceptionally mild day for most of us and the warmest Remembrance Sunday on record in the UK.

"England, Wales and Scotland have all provisionally broken their previous maximum temperature records with Northern Ireland just 0.2°C shy of their record."

The high temperatures this weekend followed the UK’s warmest Armistice Day on record.

On Friday, Myerscough in Lancashire enjoyed a high of 19.5C.

The Met Office says tropical air will be brought northwards over eastern USA and Canada by Tropical Storm Nicole over the coming days.

This tropical air will meet the very cold air currently bringing wintry weather to the Midwest.

And the knock-on effects is a "very active jet stream" that will bring a new theme next week, though the details are still uncertain.

The Met Office's Alex Deakin said: "A strong jet stream often leads to an unsettled, usually wet and windy theme with low pressures approaching the UK.

"These low pressures have the potential to become quite volatile bringing some very windy weather to the UK throughout next week so it’s important to keep up to date with the forecast over the coming days."