UK daily weather extremes

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Extremes for United Kingdom

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Northolt 20.4 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Lerwick (S. Screen) 11.1 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Aboyne 3.2 °C
Highest rainfall Whitechurch 28.0 mm
Sunniest Manston 6.7 hours

Extremes for Orkney & Shetland

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Kirkwall Airport 14.2 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Lerwick (S. Screen) 11.1 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Kirkwall Airport 9.7 °C
Highest rainfall Lerwick (S. Screen) 0.8 mm
Sunniest Kirkwall Airport 1.6 hours

Extremes for Highlands & Eilean Siar

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Aultbea 15.8 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Dalwhinnie 11.6 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Aviemore 5.2 °C
Highest rainfall Drumnadrochit 2.8 mm
Sunniest Stornoway Airport 2.1 hours

Extremes for Grampian

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Kinloss 14.7 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Braemar No2 11.9 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Aboyne 3.2 °C
Highest rainfall Aberdeen Airport Trace
Sunniest Kinloss 0.0 hours

Extremes for Central, Tayside & Fife

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Strathallan 13.9 °C
Sunniest Leuchars 0.6 hours

Extremes for Strathclyde

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Prestwick RNAS 14.9 °C
Highest rainfall Islay Airport 13.2 mm
Sunniest Tiree 0.1 hours

Extremes for Dumfries, Galloway, Lothian & Borders

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature West Freugh 15.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Eskdalemuir 12.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature West Freugh 5.8 °C
Highest rainfall Threave 6.6 mm
Sunniest Dundrennan 0.0 hours

Extremes for North East England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Loftus (SAMOS) 14.3 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Redesdale Camp 4.1 °C
Highest rainfall Durham 2.4 mm
Sunniest Boulmer 0.0 hours

Extremes for Northern Ireland

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Killowen 17.4 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Ballypatrick Forest 13.4 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Katesbridge 5.5 °C
Highest rainfall Killowen 20.4 mm
Sunniest Thomastown 0.0 hours

Extremes for Yorkshire & Humber

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Hull East Park 17.4 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Fylingdales 13.2 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Ravensworth 6.4 °C
Highest rainfall Sheffield Cdl 12.4 mm
Sunniest Leconfield Sar 3.1 hours

Extremes for North West England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Bridgefoot 15.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Blencathra Field Studies Centre 12.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Bridgefoot 7.9 °C
Highest rainfall Rostherne No 2 9.0 mm
Sunniest Shap 0.0 hours

Extremes for East Midlands

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Holbeach 17.6 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Market Bosworth Bosworth Park 15.6 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Wainfleet 6.6 °C
Highest rainfall Gringley on The Hill 7.0 mm
Sunniest Waddington 3.2 hours

Extremes for West Midlands

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Wellesbourne 17.6 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Thornecliffe Leek 13.4 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Shobdon SAWS 6.4 °C
Highest rainfall Thornecliffe Leek 7.8 mm
Sunniest Wellesbourne 1.7 hours

Extremes for Wales

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Rhyl 17.9 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Lake Vyrnwy SAWS 13.5 °C
Highest rainfall Whitechurch 28.0 mm
Sunniest St-Athan 0.1 hours

Extremes for East of England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Shoeburyness 20.2 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Houghton Hall 17.1 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Santon Downham 4.8 °C
Highest rainfall Wittering 2.2 mm
Sunniest Shoeburyness 6.4 hours

Extremes for London & South East England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Northolt 20.4 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Stowe 17.2 °C
Lowest minimum temperature South Newington 6.2 °C
Highest rainfall Thorney Island Trace
Sunniest Manston 6.7 hours

Extremes for South West England

Parameter Location Value
Lowest maximum temperature Liscombe 15.4 °C
Lowest minimum temperature East Okement Farm 6.7 °C
Highest rainfall Camborne 0.6 mm
Sunniest Bournemouth Airport 3.1 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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