UK daily weather extremes

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Extremes for United Kingdom

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Santon Downham 23.4 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Liscombe 8.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Kinbrace 3.2 °C
Highest rainfall Chivenor 43.0 mm
Sunniest Kirkwall 13.5 hours

Extremes for Orkney & Shetland

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Kirkwall 17.9 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Fair Isle 13.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Baltasound 5.3 °C
Highest rainfall Baltasound Trace
Sunniest Kirkwall 13.5 hours

Extremes for Highlands & Eilean Siar

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Kinlochewe 22.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Lentran 14.1 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Kinbrace 3.2 °C
Highest rainfall Aultbea 5.4 mm
Sunniest Altnaharra 13.5 hours

Extremes for Grampian

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Fyvie Castle 17.7 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Inverbervie 12.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Fyvie Castle 3.9 °C
Highest rainfall Fyvie Castle 0.2 mm
Sunniest Dyce 9.9 hours

Extremes for Central, Tayside & Fife

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Tyndrum 21.6 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Leuchars 14.4 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Tyndrum 7.3 °C
Highest rainfall Tyndrum 0.0 mm
Sunniest Leuchars 11.6 hours

Extremes for Strathclyde

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Dunstaffnage 21.7 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Salsburgh 14.0 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Salsburgh 6.6 °C
Highest rainfall Drumalbin Trace
Sunniest Glasgow 10.9 hours

Extremes for Dumfries, Galloway, Lothian & Borders

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature West Freugh 21.8 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Edinburgh Botanic Gardens 13.2 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Eskdalemuir 7.4 °C
Highest rainfall West Freugh 0.2 mm
Sunniest Eskdalemuir 9.6 hours

Extremes for North East England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Redesdale Camp 14.9 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Loftus 10.9 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Redesdale Camp 6.2 °C
Highest rainfall Loftus Trace
Sunniest Boulmer 5.9 hours

Extremes for Northern Ireland

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Castlederg 20.3 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Killylane 15.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Killylane 7.3 °C
Highest rainfall Murlough 6.6 mm
Sunniest Aldergrove 8.2 hours

Extremes for Yorkshire & Humber

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Sheffield 19.9 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Fylingdales 12.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Fylingdales 6.9 °C
Highest rainfall Fylingdales 0.2 mm
Sunniest Leconfield 10.7 hours

Extremes for North West England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Crosby 23.3 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Spadeadam 15.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Shap 4.4 °C
Highest rainfall Shap Trace
Sunniest Morecambe 9.9 hours

Extremes for East Midlands

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Coton-in-the-Elms 20.8 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Holbeach 15.2 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Gringley on The Hill 9.0 °C
Highest rainfall Market Bosworth 0.0 mm
Sunniest Waddington 10.7 hours

Extremes for West Midlands

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Keele 20.6 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Ross-on-Wye 13.1 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Pennerley 8.2 °C
Highest rainfall Ross-on-Wye 4.4 mm
Sunniest Shawbury 1.2 hours

Extremes for Wales

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Hawarden 22.8 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Scolton Country Park 9.8 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Porthmadog 7.5 °C
Highest rainfall Milford Haven 21.6 mm
Sunniest Hawarden 5.7 hours

Extremes for East of England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Santon Downham 23.4 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Weybourne 13.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Marham 9.1 °C
Highest rainfall Shoeburyness 10.4 mm
Sunniest Weybourne 12.5 hours

Extremes for London & South East England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Frittenden 18.3 °C
Lowest maximum temperature St Catherines Point 11.2 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Stowe 9.8 °C
Highest rainfall Thorney Island 18.4 mm
Sunniest Manston 1.1 hours

Extremes for South West England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Isles of Scilly 14.3 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Liscombe 8.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Okehampton 5.8 °C
Highest rainfall Chivenor 43.0 mm
Sunniest Camborne 4.7 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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