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The United Kingdom again breaks the temperature record for May: 35.1 degrees

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Two women with hats look towards the Canary Wharf financial district from Greenwich Park, during the historic heatwave that has broken temperature records in the United Kingdom this May.
Two women with hats look towards the Canary Wharf financial district from Greenwich Park, during the historic heatwave that has broken temperature records in the United Kingdom this May. Kevin Coombs / REUTERS
26/05/2026
1 min

The United Kingdom has once again broken historic temperature records today at various points across the country. The thermometer climbed to 35.1 °C in Kew Gardens, in the southwest of London, surpassing the maximum recorded on Monday, when 34.8 °C was reached, also at the Kew Gardens botanical garden.

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