Britain will be hotter than Athens , Rome , California and Istanbul this week as December temperatures hit 16C – despite Storm Bram set to batter the UK. New heat maps by WXCharts.com for midday on Tuesday 9th December show Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Staffordshire, West Midlands, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire could all see 16C.

But compare that chart to BBC weather maps for Europe and North America for Tuesday and it reveals the seven counties will be hotter than some winter sun holiday hotspots. While Paris is 14C, Nice in the south of France is 15C, Rome in Italy is 15C as is Athens in sizzling Greece, while San Diego in California is 13C and Istanbul in Turkey is only set to peak at 10C.

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