UK daily weather extremes

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Extremes for United Kingdom

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Isles Of Scilly 11.8 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Fylingdales 5.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Drumnadrochit -1.8 °C
Highest rainfall Achnagart 33.4 mm
Sunniest Manston 3.2 hours

Extremes for Orkney & Shetland

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Fair Isle 8.6 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Lerwick 7.8 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Kirkwall 1.1 °C
Highest rainfall Lerwick 12.6 mm
Sunniest Lerwick 0.6 hours

Extremes for Highlands & Eilean Siar

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature South Uist 9.4 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Lentran 6.6 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Drumnadrochit -1.8 °C
Highest rainfall Achnagart 33.4 mm
Sunniest Stornoway 1.6 hours

Extremes for Grampian

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Aboyne 9.2 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Braemar 6.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Balmoral -1.3 °C
Highest rainfall Kinloss 1.0 mm
Sunniest Kinloss 1.1 hours

Extremes for Central, Tayside & Fife

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Strathallan 9.3 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Tyndrum 8.0 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Tyndrum -0.8 °C
Highest rainfall Tyndrum 19.4 mm
Sunniest Leuchars 1.0 hours

Extremes for Strathclyde

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Machrihanish 10.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Salsburgh 6.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Salsburgh 0.2 °C
Highest rainfall Dunstaffnage 13.2 mm
Sunniest Prestwick 1.5 hours

Extremes for Dumfries, Galloway, Lothian & Borders

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature West Freugh 10.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Eskdalemuir 7.3 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Eskdalemuir -0.9 °C
Highest rainfall Dundrennan 5.0 mm
Sunniest Edinburgh Gogarbank 0.6 hours

Extremes for North East England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Chillingham Barns 9.3 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Brizlee Wood 7.0 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Redesdale Camp -0.7 °C
Highest rainfall Redesdale Camp 2.2 mm
Sunniest Boulmer 0.0 hours

Extremes for Northern Ireland

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Murlough 10.2 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Killylane 7.6 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Katesbridge -0.3 °C
Highest rainfall Castlederg 6.2 mm
Sunniest Katesbridge 2.2 hours

Extremes for Yorkshire & Humber

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Ryhill 8.9 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Fylingdales 5.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Fylingdales -0.4 °C
Highest rainfall Pateley Bridge Ravens Nest 3.8 mm
Sunniest Sheffield 0.2 hours

Extremes for North West England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Crosby 9.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Blencathra 7.3 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Warcop -0.9 °C
Highest rainfall Shap 14.2 mm
Sunniest Morecambe 0.4 hours

Extremes for East Midlands

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Sutton Bonington 8.9 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Wainfleet 7.0 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Cranwell -0.3 °C
Highest rainfall Wainfleet 1.0 mm
Sunniest Waddington 0.8 hours

Extremes for West Midlands

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Hereford 9.7 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Leek 6.9 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Hereford -0.8 °C
Highest rainfall Pennerley 2.4 mm
Sunniest Coventry 0.9 hours

Extremes for Wales

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Valley 10.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Nantyglo 7.0 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Usk No.2 0.0 °C
Highest rainfall Lake Vyrnwy 13.4 mm
Sunniest Aberdaron 1.4 hours

Extremes for East of England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Shoeburyness 9.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Houghton Hall 7.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Santon Downham -1.5 °C
Highest rainfall Houghton Hall 2.2 mm
Sunniest Shoeburyness 2.8 hours

Extremes for London & South East England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Gosport Fleetlands 10.7 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Stowe 7.6 °C
Lowest minimum temperature South Newington -0.7 °C
Highest rainfall Thorney Island 4.2 mm
Sunniest Manston 3.2 hours

Extremes for South West England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Isles Of Scilly 11.8 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Little Rissington 7.1 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Almondsbury -1.2 °C
Highest rainfall Liscombe 15.0 mm
Sunniest Hurn 0.4 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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