The most well liked-ever Might day was declared on Monday.
One other warmth document was damaged in a single day (Picture: Getty)
A UK document for the best every day minimal temperature for Might was set over the previous few hours because the temperature didn’t fall beneath 21.3C in a single day at Kenley Airfield, south London, making it a “tropical night time”, the Met Workplace stated. For the second consecutive day, the UK recorded its highest-ever every day minimal temperature.
Yesterday the UK recorded its hottest ever Might Day with temperatures climbing to 34.8C in Kew Gardens, smashing the earlier Might document of 32.8C, set in 1922 and once more in 1944. Yesterday introduced a run of record-breaking warmth, with the all-time Might temperature document surpassed a number of instances. Simply after 1pm, the Met Workplace confirmed 33.5C at Heathrow and temperatures solely continued to climb all through the afternoon.
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We now have provisionally damaged the UK document for highest every day minimal temperature in Might… once more ??????
Temperatures did not fall beneath 21.3°C in a single day at Kenley Airfield, making it a ‘tropical night time’ (no decrease than 20°C).
Remarkably, the document was additionally damaged yesterday. pic.twitter.com/UKbffW15tt
— Met Workplace (@metoffice) Might 26, 2026
This makes it not solely the most popular Might day on document, but in addition the most popular financial institution vacation Monday ever recorded, surpassing the 33.3C reached in the course of the August financial institution vacation in 2019. The earlier Might document stood at 32.8C, in keeping with the Met Workplace.
The Wales Might temperature document was additionally surpassed as Hawarden Airport, Clwyd, recorded 32.2C. The earlier document was 30.6C at Newport, Monmouthshire, on Might 29 1944.
Senior Met Workplace meteorologist Becky Mitchell stated that a lot of southern England and Wales is forecast to succeed in highs of round 35C as we speak, with temperatures probably rising as excessive as 36C.
Amber and yellow well being alerts stay in place throughout England. The Met Workplace has described the present spell as “unprecedented” for this time of yr.
The sweltering circumstances imply commuters might face journey distress with attainable disruption to the railway community. South Western Railways braced Londoners for anticipated journey distress.
It warned: “Because of forecasted extreme climate throughout the entire of the South Western Railway community: Trains could also be cancelled or revised due to this downside.”
Met Workplace Chief Operational Meteorologist Dan Suri stated: “We’ve now provisionally damaged the spring and Might temperature document.
“Meteorologically, what we’ve seen is the affect of heat constructing underneath an space of excessive stress close to the UK permitting distinctive warmth to construct permitting most and minimal temperatures to succeed in ranges not beforehand reported right now of yr.
“Additional warmth is within the forecast for a lot of England and Wales, with related temperatures forecast for Tuesday. Excessive stress is forecast to step by step lose its affect later within the week, although most temperatures will nonetheless stay excessive and within the low 30°Cs for some mid-week and excessive 20°Cs late this week.”
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