/tags/diy/Recent content in DIY on Mad BlogHugo -- gohugo.ioen-gbmadking.direct@gmail.com (Mad King)madking.direct@gmail.com (Mad King)Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000/posts/keeping-the-spark-cool/Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000madking.direct@gmail.com (Mad King)/posts/keeping-the-spark-cool/<p>You know it&rsquo;s a proper British summer when the Met Office is issuing records and your DIY rack build is sweating.</p> <p>Turns out <strong>Tuesday 26 May 2026</strong> is officially the hottest May day ever recorded in the UK. <strong>35.1°C</strong> at Kew Gardens in London. The day before had already broken the previous record (34.8°C, also Kew Gardens), making it the second consecutive day the May and spring temperature record was provisionally shattered. Parts of Britain hit heatwave thresholds — the kind of temperatures we normally associate with mid-July, not the end of May.</p>