UK daily weather extremes

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Extremes for United Kingdom

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Plymouth 16.2 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Fylingdales 6.3 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Eskdalemuir -2.1 °C
Highest rainfall Houghton Hall 4.0 mm
Sunniest Glasgow 13.7 hours

Extremes for Orkney & Shetland

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Fair Isle 6.6 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Lerwick 6.4 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Lerwick 2.8 °C
Highest rainfall Baltasound 2.0 mm
Sunniest Lerwick 1.2 hours

Extremes for Highlands & Eilean Siar

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Drumnadrochit 12.6 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Wick Airport 8.8 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Resallach -1.7 °C
Highest rainfall Resallach 0.6 mm
Sunniest Tulloch Bridge 10.8 hours

Extremes for Grampian

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Aboyne 11.7 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Fyvie Castle 9.2 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Braemar 1.4 °C
Highest rainfall Fyvie Castle 1.2 mm
Sunniest Kinloss 4.1 hours

Extremes for Central, Tayside & Fife

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Strathallan 13.4 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Leuchars 11.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Tyndrum -1.9 °C
Highest rainfall Tyndrum 0.0 mm
Sunniest Leuchars 6.8 hours

Extremes for Strathclyde

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Glasgow 13.4 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Machrihanish 9.9 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Drumalbin -0.4 °C
Highest rainfall Gt Cumbrae Millport 0.0 mm
Sunniest Glasgow 13.7 hours

Extremes for Dumfries, Galloway, Lothian & Borders

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Edinburgh Botanic Gardens 13.4 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Dundrennan 9.4 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Eskdalemuir -2.1 °C
Highest rainfall Logan Botanic Garden 0.0 mm
Sunniest Edinburgh Gogarbank 11.9 hours

Extremes for North East England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Albemarle 10.2 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Loftus 6.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Redesdale Camp 1.8 °C
Highest rainfall Loftus 0.4 mm
Sunniest Boulmer 3.4 hours

Extremes for Northern Ireland

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Derrylin Cornahoule 14.4 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Ballypatrick Forest 9.1 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Katesbridge 0.1 °C
Highest rainfall Armagh 0.0 mm
Sunniest Thomastown 8.8 hours

Extremes for Yorkshire & Humber

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Hull East Park 9.9 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Fylingdales 6.3 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Fylingdales 1.1 °C
Highest rainfall Fylingdales 1.4 mm
Sunniest Sheffield 2.9 hours

Extremes for North West England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Rostherne 11.9 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Warcop 9.0 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Shap -1.7 °C
Highest rainfall Nantwich 1.8 mm
Sunniest Morecambe 11.7 hours

Extremes for East Midlands

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Coton-in-the-Elms 10.9 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Cranwell 8.3 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Cranwell 3.0 °C
Highest rainfall Wainfleet 0.6 mm
Sunniest Nottingham 3.7 hours

Extremes for West Midlands

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Ross-on-Wye 13.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Leek 8.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Leek 0.6 °C
Highest rainfall Keele 2.0 mm
Sunniest Shobdon 6.9 hours

Extremes for Wales

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Mumbles Head 14.3 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Capel Curig 9.2 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Sennybridge -1.8 °C
Highest rainfall Rhyl 2.0 mm
Sunniest Valley 11.0 hours

Extremes for East of England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Shoeburyness 11.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Houghton Hall 8.0 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Writtle 2.1 °C
Highest rainfall Houghton Hall 4.0 mm
Sunniest Shoeburyness 4.1 hours

Extremes for London & South East England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Langdon Bay 12.3 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Manston 9.1 °C
Lowest minimum temperature High Beach 1.7 °C
Highest rainfall South Newington 0.8 mm
Sunniest Manston 3.6 hours

Extremes for South West England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Plymouth 16.2 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Little Rissington 10.0 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Hurn 1.6 °C
Highest rainfall Little Rissington 0.6 mm
Sunniest Almondsbury 5.8 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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