UK daily weather extremes

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Extremes for United Kingdom

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Kew Gardens 13.9 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Blencathra 7.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Benson -6.8 °C
Highest rainfall Blencathra 8.4 mm
Sunniest Liscombe 10.5 hours

Extremes for Orkney & Shetland

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Kirkwall 9.3 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Lerwick 8.2 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Lerwick 6.2 °C
Highest rainfall Lerwick 4.2 mm
Sunniest Lerwick 0.7 hours

Extremes for Highlands & Eilean Siar

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Tain Range 11.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Resallach 8.1 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Aviemore 4.8 °C
Highest rainfall Achnagart 7.2 mm
Sunniest Tulloch Bridge 4.5 hours

Extremes for Grampian

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Inverbervie 11.6 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Braemar 8.9 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Fyvie Castle 1.4 °C
Highest rainfall Craibstone No.2 0.0 mm
Sunniest Dyce 3.2 hours

Extremes for Central, Tayside & Fife

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Leuchars 12.7 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Tyndrum 10.4 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Tyndrum 5.1 °C
Highest rainfall Tyndrum 3.6 mm
Sunniest Leuchars 5.4 hours

Extremes for Strathclyde

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Glasgow 11.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Salsburgh 8.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Salsburgh 5.5 °C
Highest rainfall Machrihanish 2.2 mm
Sunniest Glasgow 3.2 hours

Extremes for Dumfries, Galloway, Lothian & Borders

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Charterhall 13.4 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Dundrennan 9.3 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Charterhall 5.7 °C
Highest rainfall Logan Botanic Garden 0.2 mm
Sunniest Charterhall 5.2 hours

Extremes for North East England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Chillingham Barns 13.4 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Albemarle 9.9 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Loftus 4.9 °C
Highest rainfall Redesdale Camp Trace
Sunniest Boulmer 7.7 hours

Extremes for Northern Ireland

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Helens Bay 13.0 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Killylane 9.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Killylane 5.4 °C
Highest rainfall Altnahinch Filters 4.6 mm
Sunniest Katesbridge 0.6 hours

Extremes for Yorkshire & Humber

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Bridlington 12.8 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Bingley 8.6 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Normanby Hall 1.3 °C
Highest rainfall Hull East Park 0.0 mm
Sunniest Sheffield 5.4 hours

Extremes for North West England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Nantwich 13.3 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Blencathra 7.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Nantwich 0.7 °C
Highest rainfall Blencathra 8.4 mm
Sunniest Shap 4.0 hours

Extremes for East Midlands

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Market Bosworth 13.6 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Gringley On The Hill 11.1 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Coningsby -2.7 °C
Highest rainfall Holbeach 0.2 mm
Sunniest Waddington 7.3 hours

Extremes for West Midlands

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Astwood Bank 13.6 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Leek 9.9 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Pershore -5.6 °C
Highest rainfall Wellesbourne 0.2 mm
Sunniest Wellesbourne 10.4 hours

Extremes for Wales

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Usk No.2 13.6 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Aberporth 9.0 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Sennybridge -4.6 °C
Highest rainfall Scolton Country Park 0.2 mm
Sunniest St Athan 10.4 hours

Extremes for East of England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Cambridge Niab 13.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Shoeburyness 8.6 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Santon Downham -5.7 °C
Highest rainfall Shoeburyness 0.6 mm
Sunniest Tibenham Airfield 10.4 hours

Extremes for London & South East England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Kew Gardens 13.9 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Manston 9.2 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Benson -6.8 °C
Highest rainfall Reading University 0.2 mm
Sunniest Reading University 10.3 hours

Extremes for South West England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Westonbirt 12.6 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Culdrose 9.3 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Almondsbury -5.1 °C
Highest rainfall Merryfield 0.2 mm
Sunniest Liscombe 10.5 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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