UK daily weather extremes

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Extremes for United Kingdom

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Auchincruive 19.4 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Lerwick 9.1 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Braemar -2.5 °C
Highest rainfall Usk No.2 23.4 mm
Sunniest Tiree 13.3 hours

Extremes for Orkney & Shetland

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Kirkwall 11.8 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Lerwick 9.1 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Kirkwall 5.7 °C
Highest rainfall Baltasound 1.8 mm
Sunniest Lerwick 5.1 hours

Extremes for Highlands & Eilean Siar

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Achnagart 18.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Wick Airport 11.6 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Tulloch Bridge -1.9 °C
Highest rainfall Loch Glascarnoch 2.8 mm
Sunniest Stornoway 12.3 hours

Extremes for Grampian

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Aboyne 16.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Inverbervie 10.9 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Braemar -2.5 °C
Highest rainfall Aboyne 1.0 mm
Sunniest Dyce 8.2 hours

Extremes for Central, Tayside & Fife

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Tyndrum 17.0 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Leuchars 11.9 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Tyndrum -0.8 °C
Highest rainfall Strathallan 0.2 mm
Sunniest Leuchars 5.5 hours

Extremes for Strathclyde

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Auchincruive 19.4 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Salsburgh 13.9 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Glasgow 2.7 °C
Highest rainfall Prestwick 1.6 mm
Sunniest Tiree 13.3 hours

Extremes for Dumfries, Galloway, Lothian & Borders

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature West Freugh 16.7 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Edinburgh Botanic Gardens 11.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Edinburgh Gogarbank 2.6 °C
Highest rainfall Threave 0.6 mm
Sunniest Dundrennan 8.7 hours

Extremes for North East England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Kielder Castle 15.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Loftus 9.6 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Kielder Castle -0.1 °C
Highest rainfall Loftus Trace
Sunniest Boulmer 0.0 hours

Extremes for Northern Ireland

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Castlederg 17.7 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Killylane 14.4 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Castlederg 5.8 °C
Highest rainfall Killowen 19.0 mm
Sunniest Aldergrove 12.7 hours

Extremes for Yorkshire & Humber

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Hull East Park 17.0 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Scarborough 11.2 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Pateley Bridge Ravens Nest 2.5 °C
Highest rainfall Sheffield 0.4 mm
Sunniest Leconfield 7.9 hours

Extremes for North West England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Blackpool 17.9 °C
Lowest maximum temperature St Bees Head 13.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Shap 0.9 °C
Highest rainfall Nantwich 10.0 mm
Sunniest Shap 6.6 hours

Extremes for East Midlands

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Coton-In-The-Elms 17.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Wainfleet 14.2 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Cranwell 5.0 °C
Highest rainfall Market Bosworth 12.2 mm
Sunniest Waddington 6.5 hours

Extremes for West Midlands

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Pershore 15.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Leek 13.9 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Pennerley 6.4 °C
Highest rainfall Church Lawford 17.2 mm
Sunniest Wellesbourne 2.0 hours

Extremes for Wales

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Milford Haven 16.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Nantyglo 11.2 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Sennybridge 6.0 °C
Highest rainfall Usk No.2 23.4 mm
Sunniest Valley 5.2 hours

Extremes for East of England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Marham 16.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Shoeburyness 11.8 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Santon Downham 4.6 °C
Highest rainfall Rothamsted 15.8 mm
Sunniest Tibenham Airfield 4.5 hours

Extremes for London & South East England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Brize Norton 15.2 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Goudhurst 10.2 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Goudhurst 6.5 °C
Highest rainfall Wiggonholt 19.6 mm
Sunniest Brize Norton 3.9 hours

Extremes for South West England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Plymouth 17.8 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Boscombe Down 12.4 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Okehampton 6.4 °C
Highest rainfall Winchcombe Sudeley Castle 15.6 mm
Sunniest Bude 9.2 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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