Huddersfield basked in the warmest November day on record.

Temperatures reached 19.5° C or 66°F in the town centre - beating the previous record by more than two degrees.

And it meant the town was even warmer that holiday resorts in Spain and Portugal.

Salou reached 19°C while Albufeira was just 17.5°C.

Blue skies and wall to wall sunshine in Huddersfield followed dense early morning fog which blanketed much of the country.

And while it was slow to clear elsewhere - with Heathrow airport having to cancel dozens of flights - in Huddersfield it turned into a glorious day.

“It’s quite remarkable”, said Huddersfield weatherman Paul Stevens.

“We hit a record high in the town centre early this afternoon and even up at Emley Moor, which is well above sea level, the temperature was hitting 18°C.

“It is warm air coming from the continent and due to the Atlantic having little impact at the moment.

Tennis lovers Terry Cole and Josie Beckett make the most of the unusually warm November weather in Greenhead Park, Huddersfield.

“The last time we saw temperatures on a November day in Huddersfield like this was in 2011, when they reached 17°C and prior to that it was 1946 when we had 16°. You would normally expect it to be in single figures so it is remarkably warm.

“It has been very mild for the past few days, with night-time temperatures only dropping to about 10° and certainly it is set to remain mild.

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“Monday will see more sunshine but as we head into the middle of the week, it turns cooler and wetter, although temperatures should still remain above average”.

The balmy weather brought many people out into the parks in Huddersfield and across Britain, where there were reports of temperatures in parts of Wales reaching 22°C which would be a record.

Unusually warm November weather in Greenhead Park, Huddersfield.

But Mr Stevens did have a cautionary note: after the last balmy November days, the town experienced cold winters with a lot of snow.

Elsewhere, forecasters warned of a repeat of the morning fog.

Dozens of flights have been cancelled at Heathrow airport due to thick fog.

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A spokeswoman for Britain’s busiest airport said the weather had forced the cancellation of about 50 flights and advised passengers caught up in the disruption to contact their airlines.

The Met Office issued a severe weather warning for fog across England and Wales.

It said: “Areas of fog are expected to form during Sunday night becoming widespread and dense in places by Monday morning.

“Travel may be impacted by poor visibility, with some minor disruption expected.”