The Met Office has told Glastonbury 2024 festival-goers to pack both wellies and suncream for this year’s event, as it forecasts “plenty of sunshine” but also the chance of thunderstorms as revellers flock to Worthy Farm in Somerset. The last two years have seen festival-goers blessed with remarkably sunny weekends in Somerset. Previous years haven’t been so lucky, with 2016’s edition experiencing flash floods in the area the week before the festival, creating a distinctly muddy landscape that fans had to navigate around.
Sharing the forecast for 26-30 June in the area, Met Office Chief Forecaster Neil Armstrong said: “Our advice that you should plan for both sunhats and raincoats for this year’s festival remains. “There will be plenty of sunshine today across the South West, although there could be more cloud later in the day, and temperatures will reach 26C or 27C. “The warm and sunny conditions continue on Thursday, but there will be an increasing risk of thunderstorms through the afternoon and evening which bring a risk of some torrential downpours.
The exact location of these is still uncertain, but people can so stay up to date with the latest forecast information and warnings through our website or app.” For the longer term, Deputy Chief Forecaster Daniel Rudman added: “From Friday onward the weather will become more unsettled. There is a risk of heavy showers and thunderstorms in the Glastonbury area on both Friday and Saturday, although these sh.
