UK daily weather extremes

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Extremes for United Kingdom

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Swanage 13.0 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Spadeadam 5.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Topcliffe -0.9 °C
Highest rainfall Achnagart 16.0 mm
Sunniest Aberdaron 9.6 hours

Extremes for Orkney & Shetland

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Kirkwall 9.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Fair Isle 8.0 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Kirkwall 3.9 °C
Highest rainfall Fair Isle 5.4 mm
Sunniest Lerwick 2.1 hours

Extremes for Highlands & Eilean Siar

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Wick Airport 10.2 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Loch Glascarnoch 6.4 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Drumnadrochit 0.8 °C
Highest rainfall Achnagart 16.0 mm
Sunniest Stornoway 3.5 hours

Extremes for Grampian

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Fyvie Castle 11.0 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Braemar 7.0 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Fyvie Castle -0.9 °C
Highest rainfall Inverbervie Trace
Sunniest Kinloss 5.8 hours

Extremes for Central, Tayside & Fife

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Leuchars 10.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Tyndrum 8.1 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Tyndrum 2.7 °C
Highest rainfall Tyndrum 15.4 mm
Sunniest Leuchars 6.0 hours

Extremes for Strathclyde

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Port Ellen 9.9 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Salsburgh 6.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Salsburgh 2.5 °C
Highest rainfall Dunstaffnage 13.4 mm
Sunniest Tiree 5.1 hours

Extremes for Dumfries, Galloway, Lothian & Borders

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Edinburgh Botanic Gardens 10.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Eskdalemuir 7.6 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Charterhall 2.9 °C
Highest rainfall Edinburgh Gogarbank 1.4 mm
Sunniest Dundrennan 6.1 hours

Extremes for North East England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Durham 10.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Brizlee Wood 7.8 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Albemarle 0.5 °C
Highest rainfall Morpeth Cockle Park 0.4 mm
Sunniest Boulmer 6.5 hours

Extremes for Northern Ireland

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Killowen 11.2 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Lough Fea 7.0 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Katesbridge 1.7 °C
Highest rainfall Castlederg 7.2 mm
Sunniest Katesbridge 6.4 hours

Extremes for Yorkshire & Humber

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Bridlington 11.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Bainbridge 7.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Topcliffe -0.9 °C
Highest rainfall Bainbridge 3.2 mm
Sunniest Leconfield 7.0 hours

Extremes for North West England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Nantwich 11.4 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Spadeadam 5.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Rochdale 0.1 °C
Highest rainfall Spadeadam 1.8 mm
Sunniest Morecambe 6.0 hours

Extremes for East Midlands

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Market Bosworth 11.3 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Nottingham 9.8 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Market Bosworth 2.7 °C
Highest rainfall Sutton Bonington 0.2 mm
Sunniest Nottingham 5.5 hours

Extremes for West Midlands

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Pershore College 12.4 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Pennerley 8.0 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Hereford 1.4 °C
Highest rainfall Pershore College 1.0 mm
Sunniest Shawbury 8.5 hours

Extremes for Wales

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Cardiff Bute Park 12.6 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Capel Curig 7.1 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Porthmadog 1.0 °C
Highest rainfall Nantyglo 1.6 mm
Sunniest Aberdaron 9.6 hours

Extremes for East of England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Santon Downham 12.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Cromer 9.3 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Cavendish 3.7 °C
Highest rainfall Wittering 0.6 mm
Sunniest Wittering 5.3 hours

Extremes for London & South East England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Gosport Fleetlands 12.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Manston 9.3 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Middle Wallop 4.9 °C
Highest rainfall Middle Wallop 8.4 mm
Sunniest Brize Norton 5.3 hours

Extremes for South West England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Swanage 13.0 °C
Lowest maximum temperature North Wyke 9.6 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Liscombe 2.6 °C
Highest rainfall Boscombe Down 7.2 mm
Sunniest Exeter Airport 7.9 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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