The Bank Holiday weekend will see an exceptional spell of warmth for May with a notable heatwave.
On Monday, the highest temperature is expected in an area covering Lincolnshire, the Midlands, western parts of East Anglia and southwards into the London area. Here 35°C is forecast. Temperatures exceeding 30°C are expected from southern parts of northern England southwards and westwards into eastern Wales.
Tuesday will be another very hot day, with a rapid rise in temperatures through the morning. A peak of 35°C is again expected in London, the Home Counties and Cambridgeshire. More widely temperatures exceeding 30°C will again be reached across eastern Wales, and eastern, southern and central England away from immediate coastal areas.
The heat will continue through the week, with highs of 31°C forecast for Wednesday, 30°C on Thursday, 27°C on Friday and 28°C on Saturday.
Met Office Deputy Chief Forecaster, Steve Kocher, said: “It is likely that the May and Spring UK temperature records will be broken over the Bank Holiday weekend, with forecast temperatures surpassing the existing record of 32.8°C. As well as it being hot, there will be lots of dry and sunny weather for much of the UK.”
The all-time May temperature record currently stands at 32.8°C (Camden Square 22 May 1922; and then Horsham, Tunbridge Wells and Regent’s Park on 29 May 1944).
