UK daily weather extremes

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Extremes for United Kingdom

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Lossiemouth 14.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Inverbervie 7.8 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Fyvie Castle 0.1 °C
Highest rainfall Libanus 49.4 mm
Sunniest Wattisham 2.7 hours

Extremes for Orkney & Shetland

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Kirkwall 9.0 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Lerwick 8.1 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Kirkwall 5.3 °C
Highest rainfall Fair Isle 7.6 mm
Sunniest Kirkwall 0.6 hours

Extremes for Highlands & Eilean Siar

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Achnagart 13.6 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Harris Quidnish 10.4 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Cassley 2.3 °C
Highest rainfall Tulloch Bridge 28.4 mm
Sunniest Stornoway 0.1 hours

Extremes for Grampian

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Lossiemouth 14.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Inverbervie 7.8 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Fyvie Castle 0.1 °C
Highest rainfall Braemar 11.4 mm
Sunniest Kinloss 2.2 hours

Extremes for Central, Tayside & Fife

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Strathallan 12.0 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Tyndrum 10.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Leuchars 3.8 °C
Highest rainfall Tyndrum 30.0 mm
Sunniest Leuchars 0.6 hours

Extremes for Strathclyde

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Port Ellen 13.4 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Drumalbin 9.9 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Salsburgh 4.5 °C
Highest rainfall Glasgow 26.2 mm
Sunniest Tiree 1.1 hours

Extremes for Dumfries, Galloway, Lothian & Borders

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Edinburgh Botanic Gardens 11.9 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Dundrennan 9.0 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Charterhall 3.4 °C
Highest rainfall Threave 27.2 mm
Sunniest Edinburgh Gogarbank 0.8 hours

Extremes for North East England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Boulmer 11.8 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Redesdale Camp 9.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Redesdale Camp 1.1 °C
Highest rainfall Redesdale Camp 5.2 mm
Sunniest Boulmer 0.0 hours

Extremes for Northern Ireland

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Magilligan 13.9 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Killylane 11.1 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Lough Fea 4.0 °C
Highest rainfall Murlough 25.0 mm
Sunniest Magilligan 2.5 hours

Extremes for Yorkshire & Humber

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Leeming 12.0 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Fylingdales 9.0 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Topcliffe 0.7 °C
Highest rainfall Bainbridge 24.8 mm
Sunniest Leeming 0.0 hours

Extremes for North West England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Keswick 12.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature St Bees Head 8.9 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Rochdale 1.7 °C
Highest rainfall Keswick 35.4 mm
Sunniest Shap 0.0 hours

Extremes for East Midlands

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Sutton Bonington 11.3 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Wainfleet 9.8 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Coningsby 3.5 °C
Highest rainfall Market Bosworth 5.0 mm
Sunniest Waddington 0.1 hours

Extremes for West Midlands

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Pershore College 11.8 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Leek 9.4 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Shobdon 1.1 °C
Highest rainfall Shobdon 14.2 mm
Sunniest Shawbury 0.0 hours

Extremes for Wales

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Rhyl 12.9 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Nantyglo 9.3 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Cardiff Bute Park 3.4 °C
Highest rainfall Libanus 49.4 mm
Sunniest Valley 0.0 hours

Extremes for East of England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Santon Downham 12.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Rothamsted 10.2 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Cavendish 2.2 °C
Highest rainfall Woburn 1.4 mm
Sunniest Wattisham 2.7 hours

Extremes for London & South East England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Gosport Fleetlands 11.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Kenley 9.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Brize Norton 2.4 °C
Highest rainfall Brize Norton 5.2 mm
Sunniest East Malling 2.3 hours

Extremes for South West England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Bude 12.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Little Rissington 9.8 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Little Rissington 3.7 °C
Highest rainfall Okehampton 25.0 mm
Sunniest Liscombe 0.0 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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