DERBY and Derbyshire can expect a "decent week with temperatures not to be sniffed at" according to the Met Office.
Forecasters say today will be dry with "clean air" while we can expect "a sprinkling" of rain tomorrow afternoon.
Temperatures are set to be slighter higher than normal for this time of year in the late teens.
And despite cloud starting to arrived later in the week, the chances of anything more than slight showers are minimal.
Mark Siddaway, a Met Office forecaster, said: "The emphasis this week is very much on drier weather for Derby and Derbyshire.
"We appear to be losing that slightly muggy feeling experienced towards the end of last week with much cleaner air arriving.
"And with temperatures set to reach 18 to 19 degrees celsius, things aren't to be sniffed at for this time of year."
The warm weather this weekend gave estate workers, Aiden Linton and Robert Austin the chance to give a good trim to the virginia creeper on the old parish church at Okeover, near Ashbourne, in the Derbyshire Peak district.
Aiden said the warm and dry weather in the last few weeks has helped the colours to be more vibrant than they have for many years.
All this year's new growth is pruned to protect the church's stonework and to stop the church disappearing altogether.
Mr Siddaway said: "I expect most of Derby and Derbyshire will have a bright and reasonably warm day tomorrow with some additional cloud coming tomorrow, possibly bringing some rain but nothing too much to create any problems.
"And although clouds will build up more as the week goes on any rain that the area does see is more likely to be isolated rather than heavy.
"In short, I think Derbyshire can expect a decent weeks with temperatures above the norm for late September."
