The Met office in UK informed that today’s temperature reading surpasses the 34.8°C also recorded at Kew Gardens on Monday 25 May 2026. The previous record to that was 32.8°C which was reached in 1922 and 1944.
Heathrow recorded 35.0°C, also surpassing the Monday recording at Kew Gardens. The Wales May temperature record was also surpassed again for the second day as 32.9°C was recorded at Cardiff, Bute Park.
The top ten temperature observations from today (Tuesday 26 May) are as follows:
35.1°C – Kew Gardens, Greater London
35.0°C – Heathrow, Greater London
34.7°C – Teddington, Bushy Park, Middlesex
34.5°C – Santon Downham, Suffolk
34.4°C – Northolt, Greater London
34.1°C – Cippenham, Berkshire
34.1°C – Wellesbourne, Warwickshire
33.8°C – Wisley, Surrey
33.7°C – High Beach, Essex
33.6°C – Astwood Bank, Hereford & Worcester
Overnight, the record for the highest daily minimum temperature for May was also broken again. Temperatures didn’t fall below 21.3°C at Kenley Airfield, making it a tropical night as the temperature remained above 20°C.
As is the case for new national records, the equipment and site will undergo a rigorous validation process before a decision is made on officially inducting the figure into the meteorological record books.
This process will include a site inspection and a verification check of the equipment used to measure the temperature.
In order for a value to be treated as an official national record, the Met Office follows national and international best practice and guidance. If the figure doesn’t meet the required standards, it will be rejected as an official national record.
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