With a High of 28.9°C we beat the previous record of 28.3°C set in 1911. And the Low of 13.2°C was also the warmest-ever Low, beating the previous 12.8°C from 1957.
First Week of May
For the first week of May we've now set records in 2013 (May 6), 2016 (May 3 & 4) and 2017 (May 5).
On May 4th this year we also reached 24.4°C, but it doesn't quite make it into the Top-50 for this week, because it's in an 8-way tie for 51st warmest.
With these warm days to unofficially start the summer, there is one caveat to keep in mind:
2016
Last year we set two all-time records during this week of the year: May 3rd at 30.0°C and May 4th at 28.8°C, and May 2nd and 7th were also both above 28°C . But that May heatwave wasn't followed by a particularly hot summer. May 3rd was the warmest day last year, and the rest of the summer had only a few more 28°C and 29°C days in June and July.
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