Thunderstorm warnings were issued for South East England, including London, on May 27, 2026, coinciding with temperature record highs.

The entities involved

• Met Office →

  United Kingdom's national weather service

  • Met Office forecasts a heatwave for Worcestershire.Mon 12:58
  • The Met Office provided a weather outlook for England, predicting high warmth and temperatures climbing into the 30s for several regions.Mon 10:33
• Kew Gardens →

  botanical garden and world's largest collection of living plants in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames

  • El Niño predicts milder, wetter, and stormier weather, while a summer heatwave caused early leaf shedding at Kew Gardens.Fri 11:38
• London →

  capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom

  • Helen Flanagan is leading a suspected state-threat investigation through Counter Terrorism Policing in London.Mon 17:49
  • Linton, an artist, is performing in residences in Cambridge and Hanoi, while working and living in Berlin, and maintains a professional presence on Instagram.Mon 17:24

Related events

• Met Office issued Yellow thunderstorm warnings for various UK regions on May 26, 2026.Jun 7
• Met Office issued severe weather warnings for the East Midlands and monitored temperature records in London on May 26, 2026.Jun 7
• Severe weather alerts were issued for East Anglia and East Midlands on May 26, 2026.Jun 7
• Met Office issued yellow weather warnings for the Greater Manchester region of England on August 25, 2026.Aug 25
• Thunderstorm warnings have been issued for the area covering East Sussex and West Sussex.Jun 27