![England just had its hottest day in May in 250 years again [OC]](https://www.byteseu.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/mzlb4zwe1q3h1-1536x922.png "England just had its hottest day in May in 250 years again [OC]")
There is an interactive version of this chart up at https://odon.at/en/data-stories/record-temperature-in-england/
Data from Hadcrut https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadcet/data/download.html
Rstats ggplot2 code used to make this and d3.js the interactive version.
I did post a similar graph yesterday but. This is not coloured which some people found confusing, the record was broken again and by more this time and I wanted to show people the interactive version.
Posted by cavedave
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Whatever, we got wars to fight and oil fields to blow up.
It’s funny how climate change works. I think most people and myself for a while would assume every year the summer gets hotter everywhere but it’s more complicated than that. Here in Arizona the summer has been surprisingly pleasant. Probably not a good sign since it’s supposed to be near unbearable but I’ll take what I can get
must be caused by immigration.
The hottest day recorded broken two days in a row and a week ago, I had to wear a thick winter coat to work because it wasn’t even 10c
Not sure if it was a May record, but here in Germany we had several days in the mid-30s. Completely insane for this time of the year.
Fascinating visual! Would love to see this over time overlaid on top of a map.
There is an interactive version of this chart up at [https://odon.at/en/data-stories/record-temperature-in-england/](https://odon.at/en/data-stories/record-temperature-in-england/)
Data from Hadcrut [https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadcet/data/download.html](https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadcet/data/download.html)
Rstats ggplot2 code used to make this and d3.js the interactive version.
I did post a similar graph yesterday but. This is not coloured which some people found confusing, the record was broken again and by more this time and I wanted to show people the interactive version.
Is seems like the average temperature is slowly rising over the years. Hmm., 🤔
Also, Wales.
Source: My sweaty arse.
Wild that the record got broken twice in two days. The interactive version is way easier to read than the static one honestly.
But, in 1780 it was also very warm?
Gondor calls for air conditioners.
Waiting for the guys saying that this is fine because earth was hotter in the Cambrian or whatever