UK daily weather extremes

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Extremes for United Kingdom

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Frittenden 14.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Fylingdales 6.9 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Sennybridge -2.1 °C
Highest rainfall Herstmonceux 6.0 mm
Sunniest Stornoway 11.4 hours

Extremes for Orkney & Shetland

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Baltasound 8.3 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Fair Isle 7.6 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Lerwick 1.5 °C
Highest rainfall Baltasound 2.4 mm
Sunniest Lerwick 10.1 hours

Extremes for Highlands & Eilean Siar

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Kinlochewe 11.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Dalwhinnie 7.2 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Dalwhinnie -0.5 °C
Highest rainfall Kinbrace 5.8 mm
Sunniest Stornoway 11.4 hours

Extremes for Grampian

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Kinloss 9.0 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Balmoral 7.0 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Balmoral 0.0 °C
Highest rainfall Craibstone No.2 4.0 mm
Sunniest Kinloss 7.8 hours

Extremes for Central, Tayside & Fife

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Strathallan 10.7 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Leuchars 8.8 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Tyndrum 2.1 °C
Highest rainfall Tyndrum 0.6 mm
Sunniest Leuchars 6.9 hours

Extremes for Strathclyde

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Auchincruive 12.6 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Salsburgh 8.6 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Salsburgh 2.7 °C
Highest rainfall Glasgow Trace
Sunniest Prestwick 3.6 hours

Extremes for Dumfries, Galloway, Lothian & Borders

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Logan Botanic Garden 11.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Charterhall 8.4 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Eskdalemuir 0.5 °C
Highest rainfall Charterhall 0.6 mm
Sunniest Charterhall 8.8 hours

Extremes for North East England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Durham 9.8 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Loftus 6.9 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Brizlee Wood 1.5 °C
Highest rainfall Chillingham Barns 3.0 mm
Sunniest Boulmer 7.2 hours

Extremes for Northern Ireland

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Killowen 12.7 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Banagher Caugh Hill 8.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Katesbridge -1.4 °C
Highest rainfall Ballypatrick Forest 2.0 mm
Sunniest Magilligan 7.1 hours

Extremes for Yorkshire & Humber

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Leconfield 10.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Fylingdales 6.9 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Topcliffe -1.5 °C
Highest rainfall Fylingdales 3.2 mm
Sunniest Leconfield 4.4 hours

Extremes for North West England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Myerscough 12.6 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Spadeadam 8.9 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Spadeadam 0.4 °C
Highest rainfall Preston Moor Park 3.6 mm
Sunniest Shap 4.8 hours

Extremes for East Midlands

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Coton-in-the-Elms 11.4 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Wainfleet 8.2 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Wainfleet 0.4 °C
Highest rainfall Wainfleet 1.0 mm
Sunniest Waddington 0.5 hours

Extremes for West Midlands

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Pershore College 13.7 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Leek 7.4 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Leek 0.1 °C
Highest rainfall Keele 2.0 mm
Sunniest Shawbury 2.3 hours

Extremes for Wales

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Cardiff Bute Park 12.9 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Capel Curig 8.1 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Sennybridge -2.1 °C
Highest rainfall St Athan 3.6 mm
Sunniest Hawarden 3.1 hours

Extremes for East of England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Writtle 13.3 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Houghton Hall 8.3 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Santon Downham -1.9 °C
Highest rainfall Shoeburyness 2.2 mm
Sunniest Wattisham 2.3 hours

Extremes for London & South East England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Frittenden 14.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Stowe 10.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature South Newington -1.3 °C
Highest rainfall Herstmonceux 6.0 mm
Sunniest Odiham 3.3 hours

Extremes for South West England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Plymouth Kinterbury Point 13.8 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Little Rissington 9.9 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Winchcombe Sudeley Castle -0.1 °C
Highest rainfall Lyneham 3.4 mm
Sunniest Hurn 3.0 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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