Above-average warmth - Spring records for England & Wales

Above-average warmth
Spring records for England & Wales

March temperature anomaly map of Europe showing widespread above-average temperatures in shades of red, strongest across eastern Europe and the Baltic region, with smaller anomalies over western Europe and the UK and Ireland.

April temperature anomaly map of Europe showing warmer-than-average conditions in western Europe and Scandinavia in light red shades, while eastern Europe displays cooler-than-average anomalies in blue tones.

May temperature anomaly map of Europe showing mostly warmer-than-average conditions in light red shades across western and central Europe, with cooler blue anomalies over parts of the UK, Ireland, Scandinavia, and eastern Europe.

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March's temperature anomaly map shows widespread above-average heat.

Spring has entered the history books as the warmest on record in England and Wales, becoming the third warmest across the UK.

Aided by May's late heatwave, with six conscutive days of temperatures over 30 °C, England and Wales saw the warmest spring season for mean temperature.

All three spring months also sit inside the top ten warmest for the UK since records began in 1884.

In England, this marks the third consecutive warmest spring with a mean temperature of 10.41 °C, beating the 2025 record of 10.23 °C.

Wales saw a mean temperature of 9.73 °C while Northern Ireland saw the sixth warmest season and Scotland the eighth, all combining for the third hottest spring for the UK as a whole.

Compounding the wamth was below-average rainfall, finishing 14% below the long-term spring average, though sunshine hours were above-average for all four countries.

Ryan Hathaway

Above-average warmthSpring records for England & Wales

Above-average warmth
Spring records for England & Wales