UK daily weather extremes

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Extremes for United Kingdom

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Hull East Park 20.8 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Lerwick 8.8 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Sennybridge 0.4 °C
Highest rainfall Strathallan 33.4 mm
Sunniest Aberdaron 13.3 hours

Extremes for Orkney & Shetland

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Kirkwall 12.8 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Lerwick 8.8 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Lerwick 8.1 °C
Highest rainfall Lerwick 0.4 mm
Sunniest Lerwick 0.0 hours

Extremes for Highlands & Eilean Siar

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Aviemore 17.8 °C
Lowest maximum temperature South Uist 11.8 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Wick Airport 8.4 °C
Highest rainfall Aviemore 28.8 mm
Sunniest Altnaharra 0.9 hours

Extremes for Grampian

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Aboyne 18.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Inverbervie 12.8 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Aboyne 7.9 °C
Highest rainfall Braemar 19.0 mm
Sunniest Dyce 0.5 hours

Extremes for Central, Tayside & Fife

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Strathallan 18.2 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Tyndrum 14.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Tyndrum 10.4 °C
Highest rainfall Strathallan 33.4 mm
Sunniest Leuchars 0.0 hours

Extremes for Strathclyde

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Glasgow 14.6 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Port Ellen 11.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Salsburgh 9.2 °C
Highest rainfall Glasgow 5.6 mm
Sunniest Glasgow 0.0 hours

Extremes for Dumfries, Galloway, Lothian & Borders

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Edinburgh Botanic Gardens 18.0 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Eskdalemuir 12.8 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Eskdalemuir 9.2 °C
Highest rainfall West Freugh 4.2 mm
Sunniest Edinburgh Gogarbank 0.3 hours

Extremes for North East England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Chillingham Barns 15.8 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Brizlee Wood 13.0 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Loftus 8.6 °C
Highest rainfall Albemarle 3.8 mm
Sunniest Morpeth Cockle Park 0.3 hours

Extremes for Northern Ireland

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Derrylin Cornahoule 17.6 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Ballypatrick Forest 13.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Castlederg 7.1 °C
Highest rainfall Killylane 2.6 mm
Sunniest Aldergrove 2.3 hours

Extremes for Yorkshire & Humber

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Hull East Park 20.8 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Ravensworth 14.9 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Fylingdales 6.2 °C
Highest rainfall Topcliffe 1.0 mm
Sunniest Sheffield 5.6 hours

Extremes for North West England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Nantwich 20.4 °C
Lowest maximum temperature St Bees Head 12.1 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Nantwich 3.9 °C
Highest rainfall St Bees Head 10.4 mm
Sunniest Rostherne 7.1 hours

Extremes for East Midlands

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Nottingham 19.7 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Wainfleet 18.4 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Coton-in-the-Elms 3.3 °C
Highest rainfall Holbeach Trace
Sunniest Waddington 9.7 hours

Extremes for West Midlands

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Newport (Salop) 19.6 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Pennerley 16.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Shobdon 2.8 °C
Highest rainfall Ross-on-Wye 3.0 mm
Sunniest Shawbury 9.7 hours

Extremes for Wales

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Porthmadog 19.8 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Milford Haven 12.6 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Sennybridge 0.4 °C
Highest rainfall Milford Haven 6.2 mm
Sunniest Aberdaron 13.3 hours

Extremes for East of England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Santon Downham 19.6 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Shoeburyness 16.3 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Shoeburyness 3.9 °C
Highest rainfall Writtle 0.4 mm
Sunniest Tibenham Airfield 9.9 hours

Extremes for London & South East England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature High Beach 19.4 °C
Lowest maximum temperature St Catherines Point 13.3 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Alice Holt Lodge 2.3 °C
Highest rainfall Middle Wallop 2.4 mm
Sunniest Manston 8.9 hours

Extremes for South West England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Winchcombe Sudeley Castle 17.3 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Liscombe 12.4 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Westonbirt 2.4 °C
Highest rainfall Cardinham 7.8 mm
Sunniest Exeter Airport 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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