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UK records its highest ever May temperature

highest ever May temperature The fierce heat sweeping Europe over the bank holiday weekend has beaten the UK’s all-time temperature record

More than 20 towns in France record highest ever May temperatures

recorded their highest-ever May temperatures and the UK set a national heat record amid

Heatwave likely to be confirmed as record-breaking temperatures forecast

UK May temperature record will be set. 32.8C is currently the highest temperature ever

Warm weekend forecast before Arctic air brings cold spell next week

UK's highest May temperature was 32.8C (91F), recorded at locations in London and south

Western Europe braces for first major heat event of the summer

UK, where “extraordinary” heat health alerts have been issued for the weekend, could reach 33C locally on Monday, exceeding the current highest temperature recorded in May

UK braces for hottest May day on record as 30C heat continues

UK is likely to experience its hottest May day on record on Monday as searing heat continues.** Temperatures are forecast to reach as high as 34C, breaking the previous May record

UK heatwave expected as temperatures near record highs for May

UK on Sunday, with temperatures nearing May records. The [Met Office](https://www.theguardian.com/uk/met-office) said readings at Heathrow at midday on Sunday showed temperatures had reached 28C (82F) across three consecutive days – the threshold

Arctic air to sweep UK bringing midweek cold snap

UK can make a big difference. Any southerly will drag in the increasingly warm air from the Mediterranean, potentially boosting temperatures into the high twenties. Just as we saw in early April when we recorded

Hot weather to intensify in UK over bank holiday weekend

May day on record as temperatures are forecast to approach 33C in south-east England. Amber heat health alerts have been issued by the UK Health Security agency for the Midlands, eastern and south-east

'Extraordinary' heat health alerts to come into force as record May heat possible

highest recorded May temperature of 32.8C, set in 1944. This also happened to be on the Late May Bank Holiday. We're also expecting many parts of England to go into an official heatwave

UK should set maximum working temperature rules, advisers say

highest priorities. It warned that increasingly extreme heatwaves, droughts and floods were threatening the British "way of life", from sports matches to music festivals. The government said it would carefully consider and respond

Move over wind farms: why some argue cutting costs is the best way to cut carbon

May set the 2050 net zero target in 2019, it passed without formal opposition in Parliament. That consensus has since fractured. The Conservative Party now argues the target is "impossible", with leader Kemi Badenoch openly