UK daily weather extremes

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Extremes for United Kingdom

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Hull East Park 24.0 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Fair Isle 10.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Aviemore 7.6 °C
Highest rainfall Dunkeswell 34.0 mm
Sunniest Weybourne 12.4 hours

Extremes for Orkney & Shetland

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Kirkwall 13.8 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Fair Isle 10.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Lerwick 8.8 °C
Highest rainfall Lerwick 3.0 mm
Sunniest Kirkwall 1.4 hours

Extremes for Highlands & Eilean Siar

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Aviemore 23.9 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Wick Airport 12.3 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Aviemore 7.6 °C
Highest rainfall Stornoway 11.8 mm
Sunniest Aviemore 4.4 hours

Extremes for Grampian

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Kinloss 23.3 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Inverbervie 12.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Braemar 7.7 °C
Highest rainfall Balmoral 1.2 mm
Sunniest Dyce 4.3 hours

Extremes for Central, Tayside & Fife

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Tyndrum 17.3 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Leuchars 13.0 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Leuchars 10.3 °C
Highest rainfall Tyndrum 2.0 mm
Sunniest Leuchars 0.9 hours

Extremes for Strathclyde

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Drumalbin 19.8 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Machrihanish 15.0 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Tiree 8.8 °C
Highest rainfall Port Ellen 10.8 mm
Sunniest Glasgow 0.0 hours

Extremes for Dumfries, Galloway, Lothian & Borders

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Charterhall 21.4 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Logan Botanic Garden 13.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Eskdalemuir 9.5 °C
Highest rainfall Logan Botanic Garden 12.8 mm
Sunniest Charterhall 10.5 hours

Extremes for North East England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Loftus 22.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Brizlee Wood 18.6 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Brizlee Wood 9.2 °C
Highest rainfall Redesdale Camp 13.6 mm
Sunniest Boulmer 11.1 hours

Extremes for Northern Ireland

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Magilligan 14.2 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Killylane 11.9 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Ballypatrick Forest 9.6 °C
Highest rainfall Killowen 27.2 mm
Sunniest Thomastown 0.0 hours

Extremes for Yorkshire & Humber

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Hull East Park 24.0 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Emley Moor 18.1 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Ravensworth 7.9 °C
Highest rainfall Pateley Bridge Ravens Nest 9.0 mm
Sunniest Leconfield 9.7 hours

Extremes for North West England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Carlisle 21.4 °C
Lowest maximum temperature St Bees Head 15.9 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Shap 9.9 °C
Highest rainfall Spadeadam 10.4 mm
Sunniest Shap 5.2 hours

Extremes for East Midlands

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Coningsby 21.9 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Market Bosworth 18.2 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Wainfleet 10.9 °C
Highest rainfall Coton-in-the-Elms 0.8 mm
Sunniest Waddington 12.2 hours

Extremes for West Midlands

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Church Lawford 18.9 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Pennerley 13.8 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Shawbury 9.3 °C
Highest rainfall Hereford 8.8 mm
Sunniest Coventry 1.8 hours

Extremes for Wales

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Hawarden 17.7 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Lake Vyrnwy 12.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Lake Vyrnwy 8.9 °C
Highest rainfall Mumbles Head 29.0 mm
Sunniest Hawarden 1.7 hours

Extremes for East of England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Weybourne 23.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Rothamsted 17.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Santon Downham 8.5 °C
Highest rainfall Tibenham Airfield Trace
Sunniest Weybourne 12.4 hours

Extremes for London & South East England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Chertsey Abbey Mead 19.6 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Middle Wallop 15.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Kenley 10.5 °C
Highest rainfall Otterbourne Water Works 10.8 mm
Sunniest Manston 7.7 hours

Extremes for South West England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Winchcombe Sudeley Castle 17.6 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Liscombe 12.6 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Okehampton 8.9 °C
Highest rainfall Dunkeswell 34.0 mm
Sunniest Camborne 1.4 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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