BRITAIN has experienced its warmest Halloween on record.

The record of 20C (68F) set at Dartford in Kent in 1968 was beaten before noon when the temperature reached 20.5C (68.9F) in Filton, Bristol, the Met Office said.

Similar temperatures are being experienced in Weymouth.

Dorset Live Weather recorded a temperature in the county of 25.3 degrees at midday.

So far, 2014 is the warmest year on record, following consistently mild temperatures which have continued into autumn, weather forecaster MeteoGroup said.

But October will not break any records, despite being both warmer and wetter than average.

Nine out of the 10 months this year have seen above-average mean temperatures, with only August below average, the Met Office said.

The UK mean temperature for the month so far is 11C (51.8F), which is 1.5C above average - a few degrees short of the 12.2C (54F) record set in 2001.

Weymouth weatherman Bob Poots said it's been 'an up and down' month for weather with a mixture of rain and sunshine.

He said: "The second half of the month we've seen higher temperatures with the highest recorded on Tuesday of this week of 18.9 degrees.

"It's very unusual for Halloween to get this kind of weather. I've been sweating buckets out in the garden.

"Having said that we've had a lot of rain this month - already we've had 130mm which is 50 per cent up on the average amount of rainfall."

He added: "This year we've had 2,000 hours of sunshine with still two months to go. We could be hitting the sunshine record this year."

Fulvio Figliolini, owner of Rossi’s Ice Cream on Weymouth Esplanade, said: "It's phenomenal. I've not known a Halloween like it. It's beautiful.

"We've had people queuing up wanting ice creams."

The sunny weather is set to continue on Saturday however it won't be as warm with highs of 15C.

From Monday temperatures are set to drop to 12C which is closer to the seasonal average.