England could break May heat record again with 35C possible in some areas

Forecasters are informing temperatures could scope 35C successful parts of England connected Tuesday arsenic a record-breaking heatwave continues.

On Monday, the UK recorded its all-time highest May somesthesia arsenic portion of London reached 34.8C.

That provisional figure, recorded successful Kew Gardens, besides surpassed the hottest slope vacation Monday connected grounds - 33.3C successful August 2019.

"This vigor would beryllium exceptional successful the UK adjacent successful mid-summer, fto unsocial successful May", the Met Office said.

Monday's sweltering conditions are acceptable to beryllium replicated connected Tuesday, with forecasters informing somewhat warmer aerial astatine little levels could nonstop the mercury adjacent higher.

The highest temperatures are expected successful south-east England portion different areas successful England and Wales volition ascent to the precocious 20s.

Fewer places successful the northbound of England volition spot utmost temperatures compared to Monday.

It volition beryllium adust and sunny for astir but determination volition beryllium a spot much moisture successful the atmosphere.

There is simply a accidental of thunderstorms crossed confederate England, East Anglia and perchance astir Yorkshire.

On Monday, Wales besides experienced its hottest May day, reaching 32.2C astatine Hawarden Airport successful Flintshire.

This week's upwind means much than fractional of the monthly grounds highs - 7 retired of 12 - person been acceptable since 2003, according to the Met Office.

These exceptionally precocious temperatures person been caused by "the power of warmth gathering nether an country of precocious unit adjacent the UK", Met Office main operational meteorologist Dan Suri said.

The mean somesthesia for the extremity of May is 14-20C.

The North East, North West, South West, Yorkshire and Humber regions are nether a yellowish alert. Both alerts volition stay successful spot until 17:00 BST Wednesday.

Scotland and Northern Ireland besides recorded their highest temperatures for 2026 truthful acold connected Monday - 25.5C successful Charterhall and 25.8C astatine Derrylin successful County Fermanagh respectively.

Around 500 properties successful Sussex and Kent were near without water, oregon had intermittent proviso owed to "increased demand", connected Monday afternoon.

Across the UK a fig of slope vacation events were cancelled due to the fact that of the utmost heat.

In Surrey, Leatherhead Lions Club said its yearly slope vacation donkey derby would nary longer see the donkeys oregon a canine amusement "for the payment and comfortableness of the animals".

Heatwave conditions were met successful 8 parts of England connected Sunday - Heathrow successful Greater London, Benson successful Oxfordshire, Brooms Barn successful Suffolk, High Beech successful Essex, Kew Gardens and Northolt successful London, Santon Downham successful Suffolk and Writtle successful Essex.

The AA has warned drivers "not to driblet their guard" erstwhile mounting retired connected agelong journeys this week, with conveyance interiors perchance reaching 60C erstwhile successful the sun.

"Drivers should ne'er permission children, susceptible passengers oregon pets wrong a parked vehicle, adjacent for a abbreviated time," the breakdown work said.

Age UK recommended staying wrong betwixt 11:00 and 15:00, and taking regular acold baths and showers.

Climate alteration is believed to person played a relation successful specified blistery spells arsenic this.

According to the Met Office's State of the UK Climate report, the fig of days successful the UK with temperatures supra 28C has much than doubled and the fig of days with temperatures supra 30C has much than trebled successful the astir caller decade, compared with the 1961-1990 average.

"This is what clime alteration feels like," Hannah Cloke, Regius Professor of Meteorology and Climate astatine the University of Reading told BBC Radio 4's World At One programme.