UK daily weather extremes

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Extremes for United Kingdom

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Hurn 30.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Fair Isle 14.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Kinbrace, Hatchery 2.9 °C
Highest rainfall Craibstone No 2 0.2 mm
Sunniest Morecambe No 2 15.5 hours

Extremes for Orkney & Shetland

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Kirkwall 17.0 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Fair Isle 14.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Kirkwall 8.0 °C
Highest rainfall Kirkwall Trace
Sunniest Lerwick 11.9 hours

Extremes for Highlands & Eilean Siar

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Achnagart 26.6 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Wick Airport 15.4 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Kinbrace, Hatchery 2.9 °C
Highest rainfall Tulloch Bridge Trace
Sunniest Altnaharra No 2 15.4 hours

Extremes for Grampian

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Braemar No 2 23.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Buchan 15.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Aboyne No 2 3.6 °C
Highest rainfall Craibstone No 2 0.2 mm
Sunniest Dyce 11.9 hours

Extremes for Central, Tayside & Fife

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Tyndrum No 3 24.6 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Leuchars 16.9 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Tyndrum No 3 5.8 °C
Highest rainfall Leuchars Trace
Sunniest Leuchars 12.4 hours

Extremes for Strathclyde

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Dunstaffnage 25.7 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Salsburgh 19.1 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Drumalbin 7.3 °C
Highest rainfall Tiree Trace
Sunniest Prestwick, Gannet 15.3 hours

Extremes for Dumfries, Galloway, Lothian & Borders

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Threave 24.7 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Edinburgh, Royal Botanic Garden No 2 17.6 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Edinburgh, Gogarbank 9.8 °C
Highest rainfall Charterhall Trace
Sunniest Dundrennan 15.0 hours

Extremes for North East England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Durham 21.6 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Brizlee Wood 17.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Kielder Castle 9.3 °C
Highest rainfall Albemarle Trace
Sunniest Morpeth, Cockle Park 11.9 hours

Extremes for Northern Ireland

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Castlederg 25.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Killylane 19.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Castlederg 11.2 °C
Highest rainfall Castlederg Trace
Sunniest Aldergrove 15.1 hours

Extremes for Yorkshire & Humber

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Bramham 25.3 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Fylingdales 17.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Bramham 9.9 °C
Highest rainfall Bainbridge Trace
Sunniest Leconfield 12.5 hours

Extremes for North West England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Crosby 27.7 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Spadeadam No 2 21.2 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Shap 8.9 °C
Highest rainfall Shap Trace
Sunniest Morecambe No 2 15.5 hours

Extremes for East Midlands

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Coton-In-The-Elms 27.2 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Holbeach No 2 20.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Market Bosworth, Bosworth Park 13.0 °C
Highest rainfall Coningsby Trace
Sunniest Waddington 10.6 hours

Extremes for West Midlands

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Newport (Salop) 26.9 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Leek, Thorncliffe 24.0 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Shobdon Airfield 10.0 °C
Highest rainfall Astwood Bank Trace
Sunniest Shawbury 11.5 hours

Extremes for Wales

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Hawarden Airport 27.9 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Mona 22.1 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Lake Vyrnwy No 2 10.7 °C
Highest rainfall Aberdaron Trace
Sunniest Aberdaron 15.1 hours

Extremes for East of England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature High Beach 26.8 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Cromer 18.4 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Monks Wood 11.6 °C
Highest rainfall Bedford Trace
Sunniest Wittering 7.8 hours

Extremes for London & South East England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Heathrow 28.6 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Manston 20.9 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Stowe 13.5 °C
Highest rainfall Middle Wallop Trace
Sunniest Charlwood 12.5 hours

Extremes for South West England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Hurn 30.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Liscombe 22.3 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Liscombe 12.6 °C
Highest rainfall Culdrose Trace
Sunniest Bude 14.3 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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