Below are tables of the highest and lowest daily CET values on record, for each calendar month. Note that any record breakers occurring in the current or previous months are provisional.
Record High Daily CETs
These values were calculated by taking all the daily max (min or mean) temperatures in one month, ranking them and picking out the highest values, along with the corresponding dates. Note that the maximum and minimum daily temperature series begin in 1878, the mean daily temperature series begins in 1772.
| Month |
Highest recorded Maximum CET |
Date of highest Maximum |
Highest recorded Minimum CET |
Date of highest Minimum |
Highest recorded Mean CET |
Date of highest Mean |
| January |
13.7 |
09/01/1998 |
10.5 |
03/01/1932 |
11.6 |
23/01/1834 |
| February |
16.4 |
13/02/1998 |
10.8 |
04/02/2004 |
12.8 |
04/02/2004 |
| March |
22.1 |
29/03/1965 |
11.2 |
30/03/1998 |
14.8 |
27/03/1777 |
| April |
25.0 |
16/04/2003 |
12.3 |
24/04/2007 |
19.7 |
29/04/1775 |
| May |
29.0 |
29/05/1944 |
14.6 |
30/05/1944 |
21.2 |
29/05/1780 |
| June |
30.3 |
28/06/1976 |
17.2 |
22/06/1941 |
23.0 |
03/06/1947 |
| July |
33.2 |
03/07/1976 |
18.8 |
29/07/1948 |
25.2 |
29/07/1948 |
| August |
33.2 |
03/08/1990 |
18.8 |
11/08/1997 |
24.9 |
01/08/1995 |
| September |
31.3 |
02/09/1906 |
18.4 |
05/09/1949 |
22.6 |
02/09/1906 |
| October |
27.1 |
01/10/2011 |
15.4 |
03/10/2011 |
20.2 |
01/10/1985 |
| November |
18.7 |
04/11/1946 |
13.5 |
22/11/1947 |
15.4 |
05/11/1938 |
| December |
14.7 |
23/12/1977 |
11.9 |
12/12/1994 |
12.9 |
12/12/1994 |
Record Low Daily CETs
These values were calculated by taking all the daily max (min or mean) temperatures in one month, ranking them and picking out the lowest values, along with the corresponding dates.
| Month |
Lowest recorded Maximum CET |
Date of lowest Maximum |
Lowest recorded Minimum CET |
Date of lowest Minimum |
Lowest recorded Mean CET |
Date of lowest Mean |
| January |
-5.7 |
12/01/1987 |
-13.4 |
21/01/1940 |
-11.9 |
20/01/1838 |
| February |
-4.5 |
06/02/1895 |
-13.6 |
24/02/1947 |
-8.8 |
09/02/1816 |
| March |
-0.7 |
06/03/1942 |
-9.4 |
05/03/1909 |
-6.5 |
13/03/1845 |
| April |
2.3 |
05/04/1911 |
-4.9 |
02/04/1917 |
-0.5 |
03/04/1799 |
| May |
6.0 |
03/05/1892 |
-1.5 |
04/05/1941 |
2.9 |
08/05/1861 |
| June |
10.1 |
08/06/1897 |
1.3 |
05/06/1991 |
7.3 |
09/06/1816 |
| July |
12.5 |
05/07/1920 |
4.7 |
04/07/1965 |
8.7 |
20/07/1836 |
| August |
12.0 |
16/08/1888 |
4.0 |
31/08/1921 |
8.8 |
26/08/1864 |
| September |
8.3 |
29/09/1918 |
0.3 |
29/09/1919 |
4.9 |
28/09/1824 |
| October |
3.1 |
31/10/1934 |
-3.9 |
27/10/1931 |
0.3 |
29/10/1895 |
| November |
-1.0 |
28/11/2010 |
-8.8 |
24/11/1904 |
-4.6 |
24/11/1904 |
| December |
-4.0 |
29/12/1908 |
-15.9 |
13/12/1981 |
-10.8 |
25/12/1796 |
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