5th June - Today's News: Spring Warmest on Record for NI and Wales

It was my warmest May on record (from 2003) although, of course, my garden does sometimes experience higher temperatures than would be recorded by a properly situated thermometer.   Across the country May was also warm as Wales and Northern Ireland have warmest spring on record and for England it's the second warmest.

Pakistan’s hottest day recorded in Turbat last Sunday with the mercury hitting 53.5c whilst as north India reels under intense heat, Delhi records 44.6 degree Celsius

And in Viet Nam, Hanoi sweats through hottest day in decades

Meanwhile, northern Sweden just had snow – in June!

Canada tornado: Alberta lawn-mowing man defies twister

And the Earth resists NASA's attempts to make red and green clouds