UK daily weather extremes

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Extremes for United Kingdom

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Cassley 15.2 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Langdon Bay 10.0 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Wattisham 3.5 °C
Highest rainfall Kinlochewe 17.8 mm
Sunniest Shawbury 3.9 hours

Extremes for Orkney & Shetland

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Kirkwall 13.6 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Lerwick 10.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Lerwick 5.8 °C
Highest rainfall Kirkwall 6.0 mm
Sunniest Lerwick 0.0 hours

Extremes for Highlands & Eilean Siar

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Cassley 15.2 °C
Lowest maximum temperature South Uist 11.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Tulloch Bridge 6.2 °C
Highest rainfall Kinlochewe 17.8 mm
Sunniest Stornoway 0.0 hours

Extremes for Grampian

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Aboyne 14.9 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Inverbervie 12.2 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Aboyne 3.7 °C
Highest rainfall Dyce Trace
Sunniest Kinloss 0.5 hours

Extremes for Central, Tayside & Fife

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Leuchars 14.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Tyndrum 12.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Tyndrum 5.8 °C
Highest rainfall Tyndrum 16.2 mm
Sunniest Leuchars 0.3 hours

Extremes for Strathclyde

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Machrihanish 14.2 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Salsburgh 11.2 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Salsburgh 9.3 °C
Highest rainfall Gt Cumbrae Millport 8.2 mm
Sunniest Tiree 0.0 hours

Extremes for Dumfries, Galloway, Lothian & Borders

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Charterhall 14.4 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Dundrennan 10.4 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Eskdalemuir 6.1 °C
Highest rainfall Eskdalemuir 1.6 mm
Sunniest Dundrennan 0.0 hours

Extremes for North East England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Chillingham Barns 14.4 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Redesdale Camp 11.2 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Morpeth Cockle Park 5.1 °C
Highest rainfall Redesdale Camp 0.8 mm
Sunniest Boulmer 0.4 hours

Extremes for Northern Ireland

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Murlough 13.7 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Killylane 10.6 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Killylane 9.4 °C
Highest rainfall Ballypatrick Forest 1.4 mm
Sunniest Thomastown 0.0 hours

Extremes for Yorkshire & Humber

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Leeming 13.8 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Pateley Bridge Ravens Nest 10.3 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Fylingdales 3.7 °C
Highest rainfall Bainbridge 1.6 mm
Sunniest Leeming 0.9 hours

Extremes for North West England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Nantwich 14.6 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Morecambe 10.4 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Rochdale 5.6 °C
Highest rainfall Stonyhurst 9.0 mm
Sunniest Shap 0.0 hours

Extremes for East Midlands

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Gringley On The Hill 14.7 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Nottingham 12.1 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Wainfleet 4.5 °C
Highest rainfall Wainfleet 1.4 mm
Sunniest Nottingham 0.4 hours

Extremes for West Midlands

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Shobdon 13.6 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Astwood Bank 10.2 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Leek 4.6 °C
Highest rainfall Keele 1.8 mm
Sunniest Shawbury 3.9 hours

Extremes for Wales

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Hawarden 14.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Lake Vyrnwy 10.1 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Usk No.2 4.4 °C
Highest rainfall Trawsgoed 1.6 mm
Sunniest Aberporth 2.2 hours

Extremes for East of England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Shoeburyness 13.2 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Rothamsted 11.3 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Wattisham 3.5 °C
Highest rainfall Monks Wood 0.6 mm
Sunniest Shoeburyness 2.6 hours

Extremes for London & South East England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature South Newington 13.2 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Langdon Bay 10.0 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Manston 4.4 °C
Highest rainfall Frittenden 0.8 mm
Sunniest Manston 2.4 hours

Extremes for South West England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Culdrose 13.7 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Liscombe 10.0 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Little Rissington 5.1 °C
Highest rainfall Okehampton 3.2 mm
Sunniest Almondsbury 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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