UK daily weather extremes

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Extremes for United Kingdom

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Usk No.2 14.3 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Braemar 5.2 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Exeter Airport 1.1 °C
Highest rainfall Cassley 30.0 mm
Sunniest Morpeth Cockle Park 4.3 hours

Extremes for Orkney & Shetland

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Fair Isle 8.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Baltasound 7.3 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Lerwick 5.3 °C
Highest rainfall Lerwick 15.8 mm
Sunniest Kirkwall 0.4 hours

Extremes for Highlands & Eilean Siar

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature South Uist 8.8 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Aviemore 5.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Kinbrace 3.9 °C
Highest rainfall Cassley 30.0 mm
Sunniest Stornoway 0.0 hours

Extremes for Grampian

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Dyce 9.6 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Braemar 5.2 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Aboyne 1.9 °C
Highest rainfall Braemar 8.0 mm
Sunniest Dyce 3.3 hours

Extremes for Central, Tayside & Fife

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Leuchars 9.6 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Tyndrum 7.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Leuchars 4.7 °C
Highest rainfall Tyndrum 27.4 mm
Sunniest Leuchars 3.2 hours

Extremes for Strathclyde

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Machrihanish 10.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Salsburgh 6.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Salsburgh 4.5 °C
Highest rainfall Dunstaffnage 17.6 mm
Sunniest Tiree 0.0 hours

Extremes for Dumfries, Galloway, Lothian & Borders

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Logan Botanic Garden 10.3 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Eskdalemuir 8.1 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Eskdalemuir 5.1 °C
Highest rainfall Eskdalemuir 21.4 mm
Sunniest Charterhall 1.0 hours

Extremes for North East England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Durham 11.2 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Redesdale Camp 8.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Brizlee Wood 4.1 °C
Highest rainfall Redesdale Camp 5.6 mm
Sunniest Morpeth Cockle Park 4.3 hours

Extremes for Northern Ireland

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Killowen 9.9 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Killylane 6.8 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Killylane 4.1 °C
Highest rainfall Altnahinch Filters 8.2 mm
Sunniest Thomastown 1.2 hours

Extremes for Yorkshire & Humber

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Leconfield 12.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Pateley Bridge Ravens Nest 9.3 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Fylingdales 3.1 °C
Highest rainfall Bingley 7.0 mm
Sunniest Leeming 2.9 hours

Extremes for North West England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Nantwich 12.6 °C
Lowest maximum temperature St Bees Head 9.3 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Nantwich 4.4 °C
Highest rainfall Shap 10.8 mm
Sunniest Shap 1.3 hours

Extremes for East Midlands

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Sutton Bonington 13.4 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Wainfleet 11.6 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Gringley On The Hill 4.4 °C
Highest rainfall Nottingham 0.6 mm
Sunniest Waddington 1.1 hours

Extremes for West Midlands

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Ross-On-Wye 14.0 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Pennerley 10.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Hereford 3.1 °C
Highest rainfall Ross-On-Wye 4.6 mm
Sunniest Shobdon 1.3 hours

Extremes for Wales

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Usk No.2 14.3 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Nantyglo 10.3 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Hawarden 2.9 °C
Highest rainfall Capel Curig 20.0 mm
Sunniest Hawarden 0.4 hours

Extremes for East of England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Cambridge Niab 12.3 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Tibenham Airfield 10.4 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Cavendish 2.6 °C
Highest rainfall Monks Wood 3.4 mm
Sunniest Wittering 0.4 hours

Extremes for London & South East England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Gosport Fleetlands 12.9 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Langdon Bay 11.0 °C
Lowest minimum temperature South Newington 1.3 °C
Highest rainfall East Malling 2.8 mm
Sunniest Brize Norton 0.0 hours

Extremes for South West England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Exeter Airport 13.7 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Okehampton 10.1 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Exeter Airport 1.1 °C
Highest rainfall Okehampton 9.8 mm
Sunniest Almondsbury 1.2 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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