UK daily weather extremes

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Extremes for United Kingdom

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Cardiff, Bute Park 16.0 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Fair Isle 7.9 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Benson -4.1 °C
Highest rainfall Achnagart 8.2 mm
Sunniest Hurn 8.3 hours

Extremes for Orkney & Shetland

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Kirkwall 9.6 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Fair Isle 7.9 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Baltasound No 2 6.1 °C
Highest rainfall Lerwick 3.2 mm
Sunniest Lerwick 4.9 hours

Extremes for Highlands & Eilean Siar

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Drumnadrochit 11.8 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Resallach 8.0 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Loch Glascarnoch 5.3 °C
Highest rainfall Achnagart 8.2 mm
Sunniest Stornoway Airport 3.9 hours

Extremes for Grampian

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Dyce 13.3 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Braemar No 2 9.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Fyvie Castle 5.6 °C
Highest rainfall Lossiemouth 0.6 mm
Sunniest Dyce 5.1 hours

Extremes for Central, Tayside & Fife

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Leuchars 13.6 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Tyndrum No 3 10.4 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Leuchars 6.2 °C
Highest rainfall Tyndrum No 3 1.0 mm
Sunniest Leuchars 4.0 hours

Extremes for Strathclyde

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Gt Cumbrae: Millport 12.6 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Cliff Farm 10.1 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Glasgow, Bishopton 3.8 °C
Highest rainfall Dunstaffnage 2.0 mm
Sunniest Tiree 6.5 hours

Extremes for Dumfries, Galloway, Lothian & Borders

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Edinburgh, Royal Botanic Garden No 2 14.0 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Eskdalemuir 10.8 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Eskdalemuir 0.7 °C
Highest rainfall Dundrennan 0.2 mm
Sunniest Edinburgh, Gogarbank 4.4 hours

Extremes for North East England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Chillingham Barns No 2 13.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Kielder Castle 11.1 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Kielder Castle 0.1 °C
Highest rainfall Albemarle 0.2 mm
Sunniest Boulmer 0.8 hours

Extremes for Northern Ireland

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Armagh 14.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Ballypatrick Forest 9.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Katesbridge 0.2 °C
Highest rainfall Magilligan No 2 0.4 mm
Sunniest Aldergrove 3.7 hours

Extremes for Yorkshire & Humber

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Leeming 13.7 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Malham Tarn 8.3 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Leconfield -1.0 °C
Highest rainfall Bramham 0.2 mm
Sunniest Leconfield 4.2 hours

Extremes for North West England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Rostherne No 2 13.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Spadeadam No 2 8.8 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Blackpool, Squires Gate -0.5 °C
Highest rainfall St Bees Head No 2 0.6 mm
Sunniest Rostherne No 2 2.4 hours

Extremes for East Midlands

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Coton-In-The-Elms 13.6 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Barkston Heath Airfield 9.9 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Holbeach No 2 -2.2 °C
Highest rainfall Coningsby 0.2 mm
Sunniest Nottingham, Watnall 4.8 hours

Extremes for West Midlands

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Ross-On-Wye 15.9 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Pennerley 11.3 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Pershore -1.6 °C
Highest rainfall Hereford, Credenhill 0.2 mm
Sunniest Shobdon Airfield 5.8 hours

Extremes for Wales

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Cardiff, Bute Park 16.0 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Valley 10.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Sennybridge No 2 -2.5 °C
Highest rainfall Aberdaron 0.2 mm
Sunniest St Athan 7.2 hours

Extremes for East of England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Santon Downham 14.0 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Cromer 10.3 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Woburn -3.1 °C
Highest rainfall Bedford 0.2 mm
Sunniest Shoeburyness, Landwick 7.3 hours

Extremes for London & South East England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Gosport, Fleetlands 15.3 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Stowe 10.9 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Benson -4.1 °C
Highest rainfall Frittenden 0.2 mm
Sunniest Reading University, Whiteknights 7.9 hours

Extremes for South West England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Plymouth, Mountbatten 15.7 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Camborne 10.8 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Hurn -2.7 °C
Highest rainfall Culdrose 0.2 mm
Sunniest Hurn 8.3 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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