UK temperature records for May

Maximum recorded temperatures in May for

each of the four nations, prior to May 2026

30.9C

Inverailort 2012

32.8C

Regent’s Park

1944

28.3C

Lisburn 1922

32.8C

Camden

Square

1922

34.8C

Kew Gardens

New record*

25 May 2026

30.6C

Newport 1944

32.8C

Horsham

1944

32.8C

Tunbridge

Wells 1944

Maximum recorded temperatures in May for each

of the four nations, prior to May 2026

30.9C

Inverailort 2012

Edinburgh

Belfast

28.3C

Lisburn 1922

34.8C

Kew Gardens

New record*

25 May 2026

32.8C

Regent’s Park

1944

32.8C

Camden

Square

1922

30.6C

Newport 1944

Cardiff

32.8C

Tunbridge

Wells 1944

32.8C

Horsham 1944

Maximum recorded temperatures in May for each

of the four nations, prior to May 2026

30.9C

Inverailort 2012

Edinburgh

Belfast

28.3C

Lisburn 1922

34.8C

Kew Gardens

New record*

25 May 2026

32.8C

Regent’s Park 1944

30.6C

Newport 1944

32.8C

Camden Square

1922

Cardiff

32.8C

Horsham 1944

32.8C

Tunbridge Wells 1944

Maximum recorded

temperatures in May

for each of the four

nations, prior to

May 2026

30.9C

Inverailort 2012

Edinburgh

Belfast

28.3C

Lisburn 1922

34.8C

Kew Gardens

New record*

25 May 2026

32.8C

Regent’s Park 1944

30.6C

Newport 1944

32.8C

Camden Square 1922

Cardiff

32.8C

Tunbridge Wells 1944

32.8C

Horsham 1944