UK daily weather extremes

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Extremes for United Kingdom

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Heathrow 14.7 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Braemar 7.0 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Shap -6.3 °C
Highest rainfall Isles of Scilly 27.4 mm
Sunniest Boulmer 11.8 hours

Extremes for Orkney & Shetland

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Baltasound 9.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Lerwick 8.3 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Fair Isle 1.8 °C
Highest rainfall Kirkwall 7.0 mm
Sunniest Lerwick 11.5 hours

Extremes for Highlands & Eilean Siar

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Kinlochewe 11.8 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Dalwhinnie 7.1 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Tulloch Bridge -5.7 °C
Highest rainfall Kinbrace 3.6 mm
Sunniest Tulloch Bridge 5.5 hours

Extremes for Grampian

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Aboyne 10.3 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Braemar 7.0 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Braemar -3.7 °C
Highest rainfall Craibstone No.2 4.0 mm
Sunniest Kinloss 8.9 hours

Extremes for Central, Tayside & Fife

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Strathallan 11.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Leuchars 9.1 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Tyndrum -3.2 °C
Highest rainfall Strathallan 0.6 mm
Sunniest Leuchars 9.2 hours

Extremes for Strathclyde

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Dunstaffnage 12.3 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Machrihanish 9.1 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Drumalbin -1.0 °C
Highest rainfall Machrihanish 2.4 mm
Sunniest Prestwick 8.1 hours

Extremes for Dumfries, Galloway, Lothian & Borders

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Threave 11.4 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Charterhall 8.9 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Eskdalemuir -4.6 °C
Highest rainfall Eskdalemuir 5.0 mm
Sunniest Dundrennan 11.7 hours

Extremes for North East England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Durham 10.4 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Redesdale Camp 7.8 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Redesdale Camp -2.1 °C
Highest rainfall Chillingham Barns 2.0 mm
Sunniest Boulmer 11.8 hours

Extremes for Northern Ireland

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Castlederg 12.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Lough Fea 8.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Castlederg -0.5 °C
Highest rainfall Lough Fea 2.8 mm
Sunniest Magilligan 11.2 hours

Extremes for Yorkshire & Humber

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Bramham 11.9 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Fylingdales 7.3 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Bradford -0.5 °C
Highest rainfall Bradford 3.8 mm
Sunniest Leeming 7.8 hours

Extremes for North West England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Carlisle 12.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Spadeadam 8.2 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Shap -6.3 °C
Highest rainfall Rochdale 0.6 mm
Sunniest Morecambe 7.9 hours

Extremes for East Midlands

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Coton-in-the-Elms 12.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Gringley on The Hill 8.8 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Sutton Bonington -0.1 °C
Highest rainfall Coningsby 2.8 mm
Sunniest Nottingham 7.6 hours

Extremes for West Midlands

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Ross-on-Wye 12.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Pennerley 8.2 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Church Lawford -0.5 °C
Highest rainfall Leek 0.4 mm
Sunniest Coventry 8.1 hours

Extremes for Wales

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Porthmadog 13.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Sennybridge 7.9 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Capel Curig -1.5 °C
Highest rainfall Scolton Country Park 5.8 mm
Sunniest Valley 10.2 hours

Extremes for East of England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Writtle 13.3 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Weybourne 10.3 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Santon Downham -2.8 °C
Highest rainfall Santon Downham 2.0 mm
Sunniest Shoeburyness 9.4 hours

Extremes for London & South East England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Heathrow 14.7 °C
Lowest maximum temperature St Catherines Point 9.6 °C
Lowest minimum temperature South Newington -0.9 °C
Highest rainfall St Catherines Point 6.0 mm
Sunniest Manston 7.5 hours

Extremes for South West England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Camborne 13.0 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Liscombe 8.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Winchcombe Sudeley Castle 0.1 °C
Highest rainfall Isles of Scilly 27.4 mm
Sunniest Camborne 3.6 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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