Britain is waking from the hottest May night on record as millions of people head back to work this morning after a sweltering Bank Holiday weekend.
Temperatures did not drop below 21.3C overnight at Kenley Airfield, south London, making it a ‘tropical night’, the Met Office said.
The mercury is set to rise even further today to an unprecedented 36C – and you can check out if temperatures will reach record-breaking levels in your area using our interactive tool below.
The Met Office said the 34.8C heat is ‘exceptional in the UK even in mid-summer, let alone in May’.
Britons have complained it was ‘too
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