UK daily weather extremes

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Extremes for United Kingdom

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Frittenden 23.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Fair Isle 14.4 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Aboyne No 2 6.9 °C
Highest rainfall Charlwood 4.8 mm
Sunniest Almondsbury 9.3 hours

Extremes for Orkney & Shetland

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Kirkwall 16.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Fair Isle 14.4 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Kirkwall 11.1 °C
Highest rainfall Baltasound No 2 4.6 mm
Sunniest Lerwick 8.8 hours

Extremes for Highlands & Eilean Siar

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Tain Range 18.2 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Dalwhinnie No 2 14.6 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Aviemore 9.6 °C
Highest rainfall Resallach 3.8 mm
Sunniest Altnaharra No 2 6.0 hours

Extremes for Grampian

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Aboyne No 2 19.4 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Rosehearty 16.2 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Aboyne No 2 6.9 °C
Highest rainfall Braemar No 2 0.8 mm
Sunniest Rosehearty 8.1 hours

Extremes for Central, Tayside & Fife

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Leuchars 19.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Tyndrum No 3 16.4 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Tyndrum No 3 10.1 °C
Highest rainfall Tyndrum No 3 1.6 mm
Sunniest Leuchars 6.1 hours

Extremes for Strathclyde

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Dunstaffnage 18.4 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Ardtornish 16.0 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Salsburgh 10.3 °C
Highest rainfall Cliff Farm 3.8 mm
Sunniest Tiree 8.7 hours

Extremes for Dumfries, Galloway, Lothian & Borders

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Edinburgh, Royal Botanic Garden No 2 18.8 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Dundrennan 16.6 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Charterhall 10.5 °C
Highest rainfall Logan Botanic Garden 0.6 mm
Sunniest Charterhall 7.1 hours

Extremes for North East England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Durham 20.3 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Kielder Castle 16.4 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Brizlee Wood 10.7 °C
Highest rainfall Durham 1.8 mm
Sunniest Boulmer 7.3 hours

Extremes for Northern Ireland

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Helens Bay 20.4 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Ballypatrick Forest 15.8 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Killylane 8.5 °C
Highest rainfall Banagher, Caugh Hill 2.4 mm
Sunniest Aldergrove 6.4 hours

Extremes for Yorkshire & Humber

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Hull, East Park 21.8 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Malham Tarn 15.8 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Topcliffe 9.8 °C
Highest rainfall Malham Tarn 2.2 mm
Sunniest Leconfield 6.9 hours

Extremes for North West England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Rostherne No 2 19.4 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Spadeadam No 2 16.2 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Shap 9.8 °C
Highest rainfall Shap 4.0 mm
Sunniest Morecambe No 2 5.3 hours

Extremes for East Midlands

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Holbeach No 2 21.9 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Nottingham, Watnall 19.3 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Wainfleet No 2 12.0 °C
Highest rainfall Coton-In-The-Elms 0.8 mm
Sunniest Waddington 7.6 hours

Extremes for West Midlands

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Pershore 23.0 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Leek, Thorncliffe 17.0 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Shawbury 10.6 °C
Highest rainfall Leek, Thorncliffe 1.4 mm
Sunniest Shobdon Airfield 5.5 hours

Extremes for Wales

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Usk No 2 23.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Rhyl No 2 16.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Nantyglo 10.3 °C
Highest rainfall Abergwyngregyn 3.8 mm
Sunniest St Athan 8.5 hours

Extremes for East of England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Shoeburyness, Landwick 22.7 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Cromer 18.8 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Marham 12.5 °C
Highest rainfall Andrewsfield 3.2 mm
Sunniest Wittering 7.4 hours

Extremes for London & South East England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Frittenden 23.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Stowe 19.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature South Newington 10.4 °C
Highest rainfall Charlwood 4.8 mm
Sunniest Manston 5.8 hours

Extremes for South West England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Westonbirt 22.6 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Okehampton, East Okement Farm 17.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Little Rissington 11.6 °C
Highest rainfall Dunkeswell Aerodrome 3.0 mm
Sunniest Almondsbury 9.3 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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