UK daily weather extremes

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Extremes for United Kingdom

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Langdon Bay 25.4 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Brizlee Wood 16.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Braemar 6.6 °C
Highest rainfall Charlwood 45.2 mm
Sunniest Stornoway 6.8 hours

Extremes for Orkney & Shetland

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Kirkwall 19.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Fair Isle 16.9 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Kirkwall 12.1 °C
Highest rainfall Kirkwall 1.6 mm
Sunniest Lerwick 1.3 hours

Extremes for Highlands & Eilean Siar

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Kinlochewe 23.7 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Dalwhinnie 18.4 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Aviemore 8.2 °C
Highest rainfall Aviemore 13.4 mm
Sunniest Stornoway 6.8 hours

Extremes for Grampian

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Kinloss 23.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Inverbervie 16.8 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Braemar 6.6 °C
Highest rainfall Balmoral 29.0 mm
Sunniest Kinloss 2.3 hours

Extremes for Central, Tayside & Fife

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Tyndrum 19.0 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Leuchars 17.4 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Tyndrum 10.3 °C
Highest rainfall Leuchars 14.8 mm
Sunniest Leuchars 0.2 hours

Extremes for Strathclyde

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Auchincruive 21.2 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Salsburgh 17.6 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Drumalbin 11.5 °C
Highest rainfall Salsburgh 7.2 mm
Sunniest Tiree 4.6 hours

Extremes for Dumfries, Galloway, Lothian & Borders

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Threave 21.7 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Edinburgh Botanic Gardens 17.4 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Eskdalemuir 10.6 °C
Highest rainfall Charterhall 25.6 mm
Sunniest Dundrennan 2.0 hours

Extremes for North East England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Loftus 20.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Brizlee Wood 16.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Kielder Castle 10.5 °C
Highest rainfall Chillingham Barns No.2 28.4 mm
Sunniest Boulmer 0.0 hours

Extremes for Northern Ireland

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Magilligan 21.9 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Ballypatrick Forest 17.9 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Derrylin Cornahoule 12.7 °C
Highest rainfall Banagher Caugh Hill 9.2 mm
Sunniest Aldergrove 3.3 hours

Extremes for Yorkshire & Humber

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Hull East Park 19.9 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Bridlington 17.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Bainbridge 13.0 °C
Highest rainfall Leeming 36.8 mm
Sunniest Leconfield 0.1 hours

Extremes for North West England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Crosby 24.0 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Spadeadam 18.4 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Shap 10.6 °C
Highest rainfall Shap 26.0 mm
Sunniest Rostherne 0.6 hours

Extremes for East Midlands

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Coton-In-The-Elms 20.8 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Waddington 19.1 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Cranwell 16.2 °C
Highest rainfall Cranwell 27.6 mm
Sunniest Waddington 0.4 hours

Extremes for West Midlands

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Hereford 24.9 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Leek 18.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Pennerley 13.6 °C
Highest rainfall Coleshill 18.0 mm
Sunniest Wellesbourne 1.8 hours

Extremes for Wales

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Cardiff Bute Park 23.9 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Aberdaron 19.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Swyddffynnon 11.1 °C
Highest rainfall Lake Vyrnwy 1.6 mm
Sunniest Aberdaron 4.0 hours

Extremes for East of England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Neatishead 24.0 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Wittering 20.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Woburn 16.5 °C
Highest rainfall Rothamsted 26.4 mm
Sunniest Shoeburyness 2.1 hours

Extremes for London & South East England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Langdon Bay 25.4 °C
Lowest maximum temperature St Catherines Point 20.3 °C
Lowest minimum temperature South Newington 14.9 °C
Highest rainfall Charlwood 45.2 mm
Sunniest Herstmonceux 3.4 hours

Extremes for South West England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Hurn 25.0 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Liscombe 18.6 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Okehampton 11.8 °C
Highest rainfall Little Rissington 10.4 mm
Sunniest Hurn 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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