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Roger Parsons
25 May 2026 13:41:04
Checked temps again at 2pm and we appear to have peaked at 31.5C. A gentle wind.
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Brian Gaze
25 May 2026 13:43:17
I can see a 38C on the Arpege 06Z. The full grid may even have a 39C. 

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saxtemp
25 May 2026 13:54:35

I can see a 38C on the Arpege 06Z. The full grid may even have a 39C. 

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Originally Posted by: Brian Gaze 

Ah, I was looking at 2m rather than 2m max. Staggering that all time records (pre-2022) are being modelled in spring 2026

picturesareme
25 May 2026 14:19:24
31C down here 

Very humid 

Dp.19.5C

Sea breeze is blowing at times.

Not sure if 31C is a May record down here.

saxtemp
25 May 2026 14:19:57
Iver water works highest I can see at 33.8c
Hungry Tiger
25 May 2026 14:28:57

Iver water works highest I can see at 33.8c

Originally Posted by: saxtemp 

So that 1C added to the all time May record.  🙂🙂🙂🙃


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lanky
25 May 2026 14:30:19

Iver water works highest I can see at 33.8c

Originally Posted by: saxtemp 

Heathrow is at 33.99 


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Windy Willow
25 May 2026 14:36:22
33c in the garden.
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Hungry Tiger
25 May 2026 14:37:58

Heathrow is at 33.99 

Originally Posted by: lanky 

I think you can get away with 34C on that. 🙂🙂🙂


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Retron
25 May 2026 14:39:44
The BBC's live feed says:

The BBC has confirmed with the Met Office that the highest temperature so far this afternoon has reached 34.0C at Heathrow and Teddington.

As we've been reporting, elsewhere Wales has seen its warmest May day on record with 31.1C at Trawscoed.

Scotland and Northern Ireland have had their warmest day of the year with 25.5C at Charterhall and 24.6C at Hillsborough.

There’s a chance we could see an update to this later this afternoon once all the data comes in but we’re now getting past the hottest part of the day so temperatures are generally levelling off.


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lanky
25 May 2026 14:39:59

I think you can get away with 34C on that. 🙂🙂🙂

Originally Posted by: Hungry Tiger 

Looking at it again on Weatherobs its gone back to 33.4 a few minutes later so that one looks a bit sus to me now


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Richmond, Surrey

saxtemp
25 May 2026 14:46:05

Looking at it again on Weatherobs its gone back to 33.4 a few minutes later so that one looks a bit sus to me now

Originally Posted by: lanky 

Well Northolt also showing 34 so I think it's good.

Tim A
25 May 2026 14:47:15
Peaked at 32c here so far in my sheltered garden. Even exposed Bingley and Leeds/Bradford airport have 30c. 
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johncs2016
25 May 2026 14:55:13
For the second day in a row, the date record for today at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh has once again been broken with the temperature now up to 25.5°C and even at Gogarbank, the temperature is now up to 24.7°C.
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Saint Snow
25 May 2026 15:11:19
31c here

Beautiful. Just wish I was on a beach.


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Bertwhistle
25 May 2026 15:19:25

31c here

Beautiful. Just wish I was on a beach.

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fairweather
25 May 2026 15:40:22

Heathrow is at 33.99 

Originally Posted by: lanky 

Some thermometer they've got if it records to two decimal places!😊


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25 May 2026 15:51:06
31.1 C in Chichester
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25 May 2026 15:51:21

I will be tomorrow. One of the problems with retirement.

Originally Posted by: Bertwhistle 

I’ll be on the Harwich-Hook of Holland ferry tomorrow night. One for a bit of time on deck I reckon. 


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Bolty
25 May 2026 15:55:36
The temperature peaked at 31.4°C on my PWS. Really remarkable for May, given we're still nearly a month away from the summer solstice.

Hopefully more to come this summer!


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Ally Pally Snowman
25 May 2026 15:57:13
Kew Gardens has got to 34.8c
Bishop's Stortford 85m ASL.
Bertwhistle
25 May 2026 16:06:29
34.8°C at Kew smashes the May record by 2 degrees C. Sun is high, pressure is high, but in May of course, SSTs and upper atmosphere temperatures are still low. Amazing.
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25 May 2026 16:13:22
Temperatures below 20C north of the Great Glen, indeed only 11C in Shetand

https://wow.metoffice.gov.uk/ 


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lanky
25 May 2026 16:21:36

34.8°C at Kew smashes the May record by 2 degrees C. Sun is high, pressure is high, but in May of course, SSTs and upper atmosphere temperatures are still low. Amazing.

Originally Posted by: Bertwhistle 

The previous May  Kew record from over 140 years of daily recording up to yesterday (which also beat the record) was a "mere" 30.3C set in 1922. Beating this by 4.5C is truly incredible (and a bit concerning about what future summers might be like at times)

**edit**

I believe it also ties the Kew June date record of 34.8C set 26th June 1976


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