Mercury in Spain also climbs to well above normal with weather event set to continue for several more days Mercury in Spain also climbs to well above normal with weather event set to continue for several more days More than 20 towns in France have recorded their highest-ever May temperatures and the UK set a national heat record amid an extreme early-summer heat event that could see the mercury climb to 40C in parts of Spain by the end of the week. The UK’s Met Office said the country’s all-