The UK's festival calendar looks set to return with a bang this year after Covid disruption - and the good news is it looks like a sunny one.
That's according to research by event discovery platform Skiddle, at least, which reckons that dancing in a field under glorious sun is firmly on the cards this summer.
Its analysis of festival weather predicts dancing in a field in the glorious sun is set to be firmly on the cards this year with festivals including BST Hyde Park London, Highest Point, Terminal V and Reading and Leeds Festival all expected to see no more than an hour’s worth of rain across their respective weekends.
And then there's the questions that tens of thousands of revellers heading for Glastonbury will be asking - will it be a mudbath?
Apparently not, with the weekend of June 22-26 predicted to have an average temperature of 18c and no more than three hours or rainfall.
Skiddle says that BST Hyde Park outshines the majority of UK festivals, taking the top spot for the highest average temperature across its last five festivals (24c), and has even seen highs of 33c.
Closely following were Camp Bestival, Boomtown and Reading Festival, which have seen average temperatures of 19c across their festival weekends over the last few years.
Highest Point Festival’s dry spell should bring no surprise given its location in the beautiful surroundings of Williamson Park, a mountain summit set 358ft high with views all across Lancaster.
The research discovered that the south reigns supreme, with average temperatures nearly 3c higher than festivals located in the north of the UK, but England puts Scotland and Northern Ireland in the shade, taking the crown for the warmest temperatures.
The ticket sales, festivals, club listings, events and what’s on guide website analysed the weather of popular UK festivals over the past six years and its full findings are below.
Jamie Scahill, head of marketing at Skiddle, said: “With missing so many of our favourite festivals and live events for the last two years, the 2022 festival season is going to be bigger than ever!
"We might not be able to control the UK weather, but the forecast looks promising, so we can’t wait to be basking in a field, enjoying live music once again.”
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