UK daily weather extremes

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Extremes for United Kingdom

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Coton-in-the-Elms 21.2 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Lerwick 9.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Sennybridge 3.1 °C
Highest rainfall Charlwood 30.4 mm
Sunniest Weybourne 13.1 hours

Extremes for Orkney & Shetland

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Kirkwall 12.9 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Lerwick 9.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Lerwick 8.3 °C
Highest rainfall Fair Isle 1.2 mm
Sunniest Lerwick 0.0 hours

Extremes for Highlands & Eilean Siar

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Tulloch Bridge 15.3 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Stornoway 10.6 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Loch Glascarnoch 8.7 °C
Highest rainfall Resallach 2.6 mm
Sunniest Tulloch Bridge 0.4 hours

Extremes for Grampian

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Dyce 14.0 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Inverbervie 12.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Inverbervie 9.6 °C
Highest rainfall Craibstone No.2 6.6 mm
Sunniest Kinloss 0.0 hours

Extremes for Central, Tayside & Fife

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Tyndrum 19.6 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Leuchars 12.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Leuchars 9.8 °C
Highest rainfall Leuchars 11.0 mm
Sunniest Leuchars 0.0 hours

Extremes for Strathclyde

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Glasgow 18.7 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Tiree 12.3 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Salsburgh 9.8 °C
Highest rainfall Drumalbin 7.4 mm
Sunniest Glasgow 2.1 hours

Extremes for Dumfries, Galloway, Lothian & Borders

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Eskdalemuir 17.0 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Charterhall 11.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Eskdalemuir 9.5 °C
Highest rainfall Edinburgh Botanic Gardens 15.2 mm
Sunniest Eskdalemuir 1.0 hours

Extremes for North East England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Durham 17.8 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Brizlee Wood 13.2 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Loftus 10.2 °C
Highest rainfall Redesdale Camp 8.4 mm
Sunniest Morpeth Cockle Park 1.0 hours

Extremes for Northern Ireland

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Killowen 16.0 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Banagher Caugh Hill 10.2 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Killylane 8.4 °C
Highest rainfall Altnahinch Filters 0.4 mm
Sunniest Aldergrove 1.9 hours

Extremes for Yorkshire & Humber

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Hull East Park 20.8 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Fylingdales 14.6 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Normanby Hall 7.6 °C
Highest rainfall Bradford 17.0 mm
Sunniest Sheffield 4.0 hours

Extremes for North West England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Rostherne 19.0 °C
Lowest maximum temperature St Bees Head 12.9 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Shap 7.1 °C
Highest rainfall Spadeadam 16.2 mm
Sunniest Rostherne 6.6 hours

Extremes for East Midlands

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Coton-in-the-Elms 21.2 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Holbeach 17.9 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Coton-in-the-Elms 5.2 °C
Highest rainfall Coton-in-the-Elms 2.4 mm
Sunniest Waddington 10.3 hours

Extremes for West Midlands

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Pershore 20.9 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Pennerley 15.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Hereford 5.9 °C
Highest rainfall Astwood Bank 14.2 mm
Sunniest Shobdon 8.3 hours

Extremes for Wales

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Usk No.2 19.9 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Aberporth 13.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Sennybridge 3.1 °C
Highest rainfall Sennybridge 5.6 mm
Sunniest Aberdaron 8.9 hours

Extremes for East of England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Wittering 19.7 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Rothamsted 14.0 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Houghton Hall 5.5 °C
Highest rainfall Rothamsted 8.4 mm
Sunniest Weybourne 13.1 hours

Extremes for London & South East England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature South Newington 16.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Goudhurst 12.9 °C
Lowest minimum temperature South Newington 6.0 °C
Highest rainfall Charlwood 30.4 mm
Sunniest Brize Norton 0.5 hours

Extremes for South West England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Plymouth Kinterbury Point 19.2 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Camborne 13.6 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Okehampton 4.5 °C
Highest rainfall Westonbirt 11.4 mm
Sunniest Bude 10.4 hours

About this extremes data

All times are in UTC.

Highest maximum temperature - 09:00 to 21:00 on the date shown.

Lowest maximum temperature - 09:00 to 21:00 on the date shown.

Lowest minimum temperature - 21:00 on the previous day to 09:00 on the date shown.

Highest rainfall - 21:00 on the previous day to 21:00 on the date shown.

Sunniest - 21:00 on the previous day to 21:00 on the date shown.

The information shown is initial data as it is received; observations are subject to final quality control after publication on this website. This is particularly the case for rainfall totals during snow events.

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