UK daily weather extremes

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Extremes for United Kingdom

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Hull East Park 12.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Braemar 5.0 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Braemar -2.1 °C
Highest rainfall Larkhill 44.8 mm
Sunniest Boulmer 5.1 hours

Extremes for Orkney & Shetland

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Kirkwall 8.9 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Fair Isle 7.0 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Kirkwall 4.3 °C
Highest rainfall Fair Isle 2.2 mm
Sunniest Kirkwall 2.2 hours

Extremes for Highlands & Eilean Siar

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Achnagart 11.2 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Aviemore 6.2 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Drumnadrochit -1.8 °C
Highest rainfall Loch Glascarnoch 5.2 mm
Sunniest Altnaharra 4.6 hours

Extremes for Grampian

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Kinloss 11.0 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Braemar 5.0 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Braemar -2.1 °C
Highest rainfall Aboyne 6.2 mm
Sunniest Kinloss 3.6 hours

Extremes for Central, Tayside & Fife

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Leuchars 9.3 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Tyndrum 8.3 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Strathallan 1.2 °C
Highest rainfall Tyndrum 6.6 mm
Sunniest Leuchars 2.7 hours

Extremes for Strathclyde

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Glasgow 11.0 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Port Ellen 8.1 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Salsburgh 0.6 °C
Highest rainfall Port Ellen 5.2 mm
Sunniest Prestwick 4.5 hours

Extremes for Dumfries, Galloway, Lothian & Borders

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Edinburgh Botanic Gardens 11.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Dundrennan 8.8 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Eskdalemuir 0.3 °C
Highest rainfall Logan Botanic Garden 6.6 mm
Sunniest Charterhall 2.9 hours

Extremes for North East England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Durham 10.7 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Brizlee Wood 9.3 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Redesdale Camp -0.4 °C
Highest rainfall Durham 2.4 mm
Sunniest Boulmer 5.1 hours

Extremes for Northern Ireland

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Murlough 10.0 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Lough Fea 5.1 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Derrylin Cornahoule -2.0 °C
Highest rainfall Lough Fea 21.2 mm
Sunniest Katesbridge 2.2 hours

Extremes for Yorkshire & Humber

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Hull East Park 12.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Emley Moor 8.4 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Ravensworth -0.9 °C
Highest rainfall Sheffield 8.0 mm
Sunniest Leconfield 3.1 hours

Extremes for North West England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Bridgefoot 11.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Blencathra 9.2 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Spadeadam 0.4 °C
Highest rainfall Nantwich 14.4 mm
Sunniest Rostherne 3.3 hours

Extremes for East Midlands

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Coningsby 11.6 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Market Bosworth 9.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Market Bosworth 3.2 °C
Highest rainfall Market Bosworth 11.6 mm
Sunniest Waddington 3.5 hours

Extremes for West Midlands

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Pershore 10.8 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Pennerley 7.1 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Pennerley 0.7 °C
Highest rainfall Shobdon 29.4 mm
Sunniest Coventry 4.2 hours

Extremes for Wales

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Cardiff Bute Park 11.3 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Lake Vyrnwy 5.4 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Sennybridge -0.8 °C
Highest rainfall Whitechurch 22.8 mm
Sunniest Valley 3.7 hours

Extremes for East of England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Santon Downham 12.4 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Rothamsted 10.0 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Santon Downham 2.2 °C
Highest rainfall Woburn 20.0 mm
Sunniest Weybourne 4.2 hours

Extremes for London & South East England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Manston 12.3 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Stowe 9.2 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Benson 1.3 °C
Highest rainfall Middle Wallop 30.8 mm
Sunniest Brize Norton 3.5 hours

Extremes for South West England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Chivenor 12.0 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Okehampton 6.8 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Okehampton -1.2 °C
Highest rainfall Larkhill 44.8 mm
Sunniest Almondsbury 3.6 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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