{"id":604279,"date":"2026-05-26T06:21:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T06:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/604279\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T06:21:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T06:21:15","slug":"record-for-hottest-may-night-broken-in-uk-while-daytime-temperatures-could-hit-35c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/604279\/","title":{"rendered":"Record for hottest May night broken in UK, while daytime temperatures could hit 35C"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Overnight heat record set as temperatures billed to rise againpublished at 07:04 BST<\/p>\n<p>07:04 BST<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-qs9kpv-Contributor etflsgg2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/c448adca-0b64-45f3-b492-d4382b601f9c.jpg.webp.webp\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Imogen James<br \/>Live reporter<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The London city skyline at dawn\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/a591007a-e4e7-4aa7-aef3-f115c0b64e96.jpg.webp\"  width=\"8116\" height=\"3748\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, BBC Weather Watchers | SableD<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">People are rising in the UK to a provisional record for the highest overnight temperature in May as the heatwave gripping the country continues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">At Kenley Airfield, London, the mercury didn\u2019t fall below 21.3C, which meteorologists class as a tropical night, breaking the record set the day before (19.4C).<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Forecasters are warning that records set yesterday could again be broken as it is expected to reach 35C in parts of southern England.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Each of the four nations had their warmest day of the year so far on Bank Holiday Monday, and the UK recorded its all-time highest May temperature as part of London reached 34.8C. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The south-east will see the hottest temperatures, and other areas in England and Wales are expected to climb to the high 20s.   <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Further afield, France yesterday sweltered through its hottest May day since records began, with parts of Europe also enduring prolonged high temperatures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">We&#8217;ll bring you the latest on temperatures, how to stay cool, and developments during the warm weather. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Overnight heat record set as temperatures billed to rise againpublished at 07:04 BST 07:04 BST Imogen JamesLive reporter&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":604280,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-604279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=604279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/604280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}