UK daily weather extremes

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Extremes for United Kingdom

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Levens Hall 24.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Fair Isle 11.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Tulloch Bridge 3.7 °C
Highest rainfall Hurn 1.8 mm
Sunniest Hawarden 15.0 hours

Extremes for Orkney & Shetland

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Kirkwall 15.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Fair Isle 11.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Baltasound 7.0 °C
Highest rainfall Fair Isle 0.8 mm
Sunniest Lerwick 3.1 hours

Extremes for Highlands & Eilean Siar

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Tulloch Bridge 20.7 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Wick Airport 12.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Tulloch Bridge 3.7 °C
Highest rainfall Wick Airport 0.8 mm
Sunniest Loch Glascarnoch 5.8 hours

Extremes for Grampian

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Kinloss 16.8 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Inverbervie 12.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Craibstone No.2 6.1 °C
Highest rainfall Braemar 0.2 mm
Sunniest Kinloss 4.2 hours

Extremes for Central, Tayside & Fife

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Tyndrum 21.4 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Leuchars 13.4 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Tyndrum 7.4 °C
Highest rainfall Leuchars 0.2 mm
Sunniest Leuchars 1.8 hours

Extremes for Strathclyde

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Glasgow 20.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Tiree 13.1 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Port Ellen 6.2 °C
Highest rainfall Drumalbin Trace
Sunniest Prestwick 7.5 hours

Extremes for Dumfries, Galloway, Lothian & Borders

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Threave 23.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Edinburgh Botanic Gardens 14.9 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Eskdalemuir 7.5 °C
Highest rainfall Threave 1.0 mm
Sunniest Dundrennan 12.5 hours

Extremes for North East England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Redesdale Camp 18.3 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Brizlee Wood 12.9 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Redesdale Camp 4.9 °C
Highest rainfall Chillingham Barns 0.2 mm
Sunniest Morpeth Cockle Park 2.1 hours

Extremes for Northern Ireland

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Derrylin Cornahoule 23.0 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Ballypatrick Forest 13.0 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Katesbridge 5.0 °C
Highest rainfall Giants Causeway 0.2 mm
Sunniest Aldergrove 13.3 hours

Extremes for Yorkshire & Humber

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Sheffield 21.4 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Fylingdales 13.9 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Bainbridge 6.6 °C
Highest rainfall Ryhill 0.2 mm
Sunniest Sheffield 14.2 hours

Extremes for North West England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Levens Hall 24.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Walney Island 19.1 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Shap 4.5 °C
Highest rainfall Morecambe 0.6 mm
Sunniest Rostherne 14.4 hours

Extremes for East Midlands

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Coton-in-the-Elms 22.7 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Wainfleet 16.2 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Coton-in-the-Elms 8.4 °C
Highest rainfall Holbeach Trace
Sunniest Waddington 14.6 hours

Extremes for West Midlands

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Ross-on-Wye 23.2 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Pennerley 19.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Pershore 6.4 °C
Highest rainfall Newport (Salop) 0.2 mm
Sunniest Shawbury 14.3 hours

Extremes for Wales

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Porthmadog 24.0 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Aberporth 13.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Sennybridge 7.0 °C
Highest rainfall Swyddffynnon 0.2 mm
Sunniest Hawarden 15.0 hours

Extremes for East of England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Cavendish 22.6 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Cromer 14.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Woburn 6.1 °C
Highest rainfall Woburn 0.2 mm
Sunniest Tibenham Airfield 13.0 hours

Extremes for London & South East England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature St James Park 23.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature St Catherines Point 16.4 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Benson 5.7 °C
Highest rainfall Goudhurst 0.2 mm
Sunniest East Malling 11.5 hours

Extremes for South West England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Almondsbury 22.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Isle of Portland 16.6 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Winchcombe Sudeley Castle 6.0 °C
Highest rainfall Hurn 1.8 mm
Sunniest Bude 13.5 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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