UK daily weather extremes

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Extremes for United Kingdom

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Ross-on-Wye 22.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Fair Isle 10.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Cardington 3.5 °C
Highest rainfall Sheffield 3.2 mm
Sunniest Dundrennan 12.5 hours

Extremes for Orkney & Shetland

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Lerwick 11.3 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Fair Isle 10.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Fair Isle 7.4 °C
Highest rainfall Baltasound 2.4 mm
Sunniest Lerwick 4.6 hours

Extremes for Highlands & Eilean Siar

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Tulloch Bridge 15.8 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Wick Airport 11.8 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Loch Glascarnoch 4.7 °C
Highest rainfall Kinbrace 0.2 mm
Sunniest Stornoway 6.7 hours

Extremes for Grampian

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Kinloss 12.7 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Lossiemouth 11.2 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Craibstone No.2 6.4 °C
Highest rainfall Dyce Trace
Sunniest Kinloss 0.6 hours

Extremes for Central, Tayside & Fife

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Tyndrum 15.7 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Leuchars 11.3 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Leuchars 9.5 °C
Highest rainfall Leuchars 0.4 mm
Sunniest Leuchars 0.0 hours

Extremes for Strathclyde

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Glasgow 16.7 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Machrihanish 12.4 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Port Ellen 3.6 °C
Highest rainfall Drumalbin 0.4 mm
Sunniest Prestwick 4.1 hours

Extremes for Dumfries, Galloway, Lothian & Borders

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Threave 18.7 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Edinburgh Botanic Gardens 13.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Eskdalemuir 8.3 °C
Highest rainfall Edinburgh Gogarbank Trace
Sunniest Dundrennan 12.5 hours

Extremes for North East England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Durham 15.4 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Brizlee Wood 11.9 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Redesdale Camp 6.1 °C
Highest rainfall Morpeth Cockle Park 0.2 mm
Sunniest Morpeth Cockle Park 2.0 hours

Extremes for Northern Ireland

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Killowen 17.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Ballypatrick Forest 11.2 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Castlederg 3.8 °C
Highest rainfall Killylane 0.2 mm
Sunniest Magilligan 9.6 hours

Extremes for Yorkshire & Humber

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Bramham 18.4 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Bridlington 12.6 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Fylingdales 7.8 °C
Highest rainfall Sheffield 3.2 mm
Sunniest Leconfield 6.9 hours

Extremes for North West England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Myerscough 19.6 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Spadeadam 15.1 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Spadeadam 6.5 °C
Highest rainfall Myerscough 1.6 mm
Sunniest Morecambe 8.7 hours

Extremes for East Midlands

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Coton-in-the-Elms 19.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Wainfleet 15.0 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Wainfleet 8.2 °C
Highest rainfall Gringley on The Hill 0.2 mm
Sunniest Waddington 5.3 hours

Extremes for West Midlands

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Ross-on-Wye 22.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Leek 15.4 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Wellesbourne 7.3 °C
Highest rainfall Keele 1.2 mm
Sunniest Wellesbourne 9.9 hours

Extremes for Wales

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Usk No.2 21.6 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Aberporth 12.2 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Porthmadog 7.3 °C
Highest rainfall Cardiff Bute Park 0.2 mm
Sunniest St Athan 11.6 hours

Extremes for East of England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Cavendish 19.7 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Weybourne 11.9 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Cardington 3.5 °C
Highest rainfall Writtle 1.0 mm
Sunniest Tibenham Airfield 10.7 hours

Extremes for London & South East England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Gosport Fleetlands 21.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature St Catherines Point 16.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature South Newington 5.4 °C
Highest rainfall Kew Gardens 1.6 mm
Sunniest Reading University 12.2 hours

Extremes for South West England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Boscombe Down 21.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Bude 13.4 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Merryfield 6.8 °C
Highest rainfall Almondsbury 1.2 mm
Sunniest Exeter Airport 11.5 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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