UK daily weather extremes

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Extremes for United Kingdom

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Gosport Fleetlands 14.3 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Dalwhinnie 6.0 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Dalwhinnie 0.7 °C
Highest rainfall Shap 29.0 mm
Sunniest Aberdaron 9.9 hours

Extremes for Orkney & Shetland

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Baltasound 10.0 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Kirkwall 8.9 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Kirkwall 4.7 °C
Highest rainfall Kirkwall 3.2 mm
Sunniest Lerwick 2.6 hours

Extremes for Highlands & Eilean Siar

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Harris Quidnish 11.0 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Dalwhinnie 6.0 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Dalwhinnie 0.7 °C
Highest rainfall Kinlochewe 22.6 mm
Sunniest Stornoway 5.0 hours

Extremes for Grampian

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Inverbervie 10.6 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Braemar 8.1 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Braemar 2.1 °C
Highest rainfall Balmoral 6.6 mm
Sunniest Kinloss 4.9 hours

Extremes for Central, Tayside & Fife

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Leuchars 10.9 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Tyndrum 8.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Tyndrum 2.2 °C
Highest rainfall Tyndrum 19.4 mm
Sunniest Leuchars 7.8 hours

Extremes for Strathclyde

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Tiree 10.3 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Drumalbin 7.0 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Salsburgh 1.4 °C
Highest rainfall Glasgow 13.0 mm
Sunniest Glasgow 4.9 hours

Extremes for Dumfries, Galloway, Lothian & Borders

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Edinburgh Botanic Gardens 11.4 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Eskdalemuir 8.6 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Eskdalemuir 2.3 °C
Highest rainfall Threave 12.4 mm
Sunniest Charterhall 9.6 hours

Extremes for North East England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Boulmer 11.4 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Loftus 9.4 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Brizlee Wood 3.2 °C
Highest rainfall Albemarle 9.4 mm
Sunniest Boulmer 8.4 hours

Extremes for Northern Ireland

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Stormont Castle 11.3 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Killylane 7.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Killylane 0.8 °C
Highest rainfall Derrylin Cornahoule 23.8 mm
Sunniest Magilligan 5.2 hours

Extremes for Yorkshire & Humber

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Bridlington 12.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Bingley 7.4 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Bingley 2.5 °C
Highest rainfall Bainbridge 24.2 mm
Sunniest Sheffield 7.3 hours

Extremes for North West England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Myerscough 11.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Blencathra 7.3 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Warcop 2.4 °C
Highest rainfall Shap 29.0 mm
Sunniest Shap 6.0 hours

Extremes for East Midlands

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Coningsby 11.4 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Sutton Bonington 9.8 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Market Bosworth 2.1 °C
Highest rainfall Waddington 8.2 mm
Sunniest Waddington 5.2 hours

Extremes for West Midlands

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Pershore 13.0 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Leek 6.9 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Leek 3.3 °C
Highest rainfall Shawbury 10.6 mm
Sunniest Shobdon 7.7 hours

Extremes for Wales

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Cardiff Bute Park 12.9 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Lake Vyrnwy 7.3 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Lake Vyrnwy 2.9 °C
Highest rainfall Lake Vyrnwy 22.2 mm
Sunniest Aberdaron 9.9 hours

Extremes for East of England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Shoeburyness 12.3 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Wittering 9.8 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Wittering 2.7 °C
Highest rainfall Monks Wood 10.6 mm
Sunniest Wittering 7.5 hours

Extremes for London & South East England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Gosport Fleetlands 14.3 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Stowe 10.1 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Alice Holt Lodge 4.4 °C
Highest rainfall South Newington 5.0 mm
Sunniest Wisley 7.2 hours

Extremes for South West England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Swanage 13.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Okehampton 8.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Boscombe Down 4.9 °C
Highest rainfall Winchcombe Sudeley Castle 6.8 mm
Sunniest Bude 7.3 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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