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.