Temperatures are set to reach a scorching 35C across large parts of the UK on Tuesday (Getty)Temperatures are set to reach highs of 35C today as the Met Office warns the hottest May temperature record could be broken again. The forecaster said in large swathes of southern England and Wales, the temperature could even creep up to 36C, after Britons sweltered through a “tropical night” on Monday evening. It comes after the record was broken for the hottest spring temperature, with the sunshine reaching 34.8C in Kew Gardens for the end of the Bank Holiday. The Met Office listed 12 locations where the record was topped on Monday – ranging from Suffolk to Berkshire to Warwickshire – while 97 of its monitoring sites reached or surpassed 30C.On Tuesday, forecasts reaching 35C are predicted for the Midlands, the south-east and south-west England, East Anglia, and South Wales as the heatwave continues. Temperatures will start to gradually decline from the middle of the week but it will still be largely dry with sunny spells.Many will still experience temperatures in the high 20Cs.Where in the UK surpassed the May heat record? The May high record was surpassed in: Heathrow, Greater London (34.4C); Northolt, Greater London (34.2C); Teddington Bushy Park, Middlesex (34C); Benson, Oxfordshire (33.6C); Wisley, Surrey (33.3C); Reading University, Berkshire (33.2C); Wellesbourne, Warwickshire (33.2C); Cippenham, Berkshire (33.0C); Brize Norton, Oxfordshire (32.9C); Charlwood, Surrey (32.9C); Houghton Hall, Norfolk (32.9C) and Santon Downham, Suffolk (32.9C).It was matched at Marham, Norfolk and Woburn, Bedfordshire.Wales also provisionally beat its May record as Hawarden Airport reached 32.2C, with the previous peak measured at 30.6C in 1944.Large parts of England and Wales beat the May high record (Getty)Holly Evans26 May 2026 08:22Climate change boosting heatwaves as records broken 'three times more likely'If validated, the latest May record means seven of the 12 monthly highs have been set since 2003, the Met Office said.A previous study by the forecasters found breaking that record “is around three times more likely now in our current climate than it would have been in a natural climate not impacted by greenhouse gas emissions”.This means that the once one-in-a-hundred year event is now a one-in-33 event, it said.It comes after last week saw lows of minus 5C in Scotland and daytime temperatures more widely peaked at about 14C to 15C.“We see these changes happening so much more dramatically,” Met Office senior forecaster Greg Dewhurst said on Monday morning, adding that climate change is boosting the heat.“In the past, heatwaves built and built and built and built over days and days and days – these now just develop so quickly.”Holly Evans26 May 2026 08:19Temperatures are set to reach 35C on TuesdayMore records could be broken on Tuesday after the UK experienced its hottest May day of all time.The expected high for large swathes of southern England and Wales on Tuesday is 35C – which could creep up to 36C, senior Met Office meteorologist Becky Mitchell said.Those forecasts span the Midlands, the south-east and south-west England, East Anglia, and South Wales.Thunderstorms may be sparked in the afternoon, which will affect how hot it gets.Temperatures are set to reach 35C on Tuesday (Getty)Holly Evans26 May 2026 08:13Britons swelter as 'tropical night' recorded on Monday eveningThe UK experienced a “tropical night” on Monday as the record for highest daily minimum temperature in May was broken for the second consecutive day.Temperatures did not fall below 21.3C on Monday at Kenley Airfield, south London, after the UK recorded its hottest May day since Met Office data began, the forecaster said.The country also recorded its provisional all-time hottest meteorological spring temperature when Kew Gardens in south-west London hit 34.8C on Monday.The Met Office listed 12 locations where the record was topped on Monday – ranging from Suffolk to Berkshire to Warwickshire – while 97 of its monitoring sites reached or surpassed 30C.The UK’s previous warmest May night was measured on Sunday when temperatures did not fall below 19.4C at Kenley Airfield.Holly Evans26 May 2026 08:07