UK daily weather extremes

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Extremes for United Kingdom

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Achnagart 24.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Fair Isle 11.8 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Castlederg 5.1 °C
Highest rainfall Leek 9.0 mm
Sunniest Lerwick 15.5 hours

Extremes for Orkney & Shetland

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Kirkwall 16.2 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Fair Isle 11.8 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Baltasound 8.5 °C
Highest rainfall Kirkwall 0.0 mm
Sunniest Lerwick 15.5 hours

Extremes for Highlands & Eilean Siar

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Achnagart 24.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Wick Airport 13.2 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Tain Range 9.7 °C
Highest rainfall Dalwhinnie 0.8 mm
Sunniest Altnaharra 13.4 hours

Extremes for Grampian

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Aboyne 23.2 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Inverbervie 17.3 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Balmoral 9.9 °C
Highest rainfall Fyvie Castle 0.2 mm
Sunniest Kinloss 12.0 hours

Extremes for Central, Tayside & Fife

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Tyndrum 21.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Leuchars 14.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Leuchars 10.9 °C
Highest rainfall Tyndrum 2.4 mm
Sunniest Leuchars 3.0 hours

Extremes for Strathclyde

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Auchincruive 22.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Drumalbin 18.4 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Salsburgh 10.1 °C
Highest rainfall Dunstaffnage 2.8 mm
Sunniest Prestwick 5.5 hours

Extremes for Dumfries, Galloway, Lothian & Borders

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Charterhall 20.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Edinburgh Botanic Gardens 16.3 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Threave 8.9 °C
Highest rainfall Edinburgh Gogarbank Trace
Sunniest Charterhall 6.8 hours

Extremes for North East England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Chillingham Barns 19.4 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Loftus 16.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Morpeth Cockle Park 9.5 °C
Highest rainfall Loftus 0.6 mm
Sunniest Boulmer 7.7 hours

Extremes for Northern Ireland

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Derrylin Cornahoule 20.3 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Killylane 16.9 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Castlederg 5.1 °C
Highest rainfall Banagher Caugh Hill 0.2 mm
Sunniest Thomastown 6.7 hours

Extremes for Yorkshire & Humber

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Leeming 19.4 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Bridlington 14.8 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Fylingdales 9.6 °C
Highest rainfall Hull East Park 2.2 mm
Sunniest Leeming 1.1 hours

Extremes for North West England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Crosby 20.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Shap 16.1 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Shap 8.5 °C
Highest rainfall Rochdale 1.4 mm
Sunniest Shap 0.8 hours

Extremes for East Midlands

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Coton-in-the-Elms 20.8 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Wainfleet 16.3 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Coningsby 10.9 °C
Highest rainfall Cranwell 3.2 mm
Sunniest Waddington 2.6 hours

Extremes for West Midlands

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Wellesbourne 21.0 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Leek 17.0 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Pennerley 11.3 °C
Highest rainfall Leek 9.0 mm
Sunniest Ross-on-Wye 8.9 hours

Extremes for Wales

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Gogerddan 21.0 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Milford Haven 16.8 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Libanus 10.7 °C
Highest rainfall Hawarden 1.8 mm
Sunniest Aberdaron 10.0 hours

Extremes for East of England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Rothamsted 20.3 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Cromer 14.0 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Tibenham Airfield 11.1 °C
Highest rainfall Tibenham Airfield 5.0 mm
Sunniest Shoeburyness 7.4 hours

Extremes for London & South East England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature St James Park 21.8 °C
Lowest maximum temperature St Catherines Point 15.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Wiggonholt 10.1 °C
Highest rainfall High Beach 1.2 mm
Sunniest Reading University 11.2 hours

Extremes for South West England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Almondsbury 19.9 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Okehampton 12.3 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Okehampton 9.4 °C
Highest rainfall Okehampton 3.8 mm
Sunniest Lyneham 10.2 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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