UK daily weather extremes

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Extremes for United Kingdom

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Killowen 13.2 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Pennerley 5.3 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Shap -6.9 °C
Highest rainfall Kirkwall 2.4 mm
Sunniest Glasgow 11.1 hours

Extremes for Orkney & Shetland

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Baltasound 9.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Kirkwall 8.9 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Baltasound 1.1 °C
Highest rainfall Kirkwall 2.4 mm
Sunniest Lerwick 3.4 hours

Extremes for Highlands & Eilean Siar

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Harris Quidnish 10.8 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Loch Glascarnoch 7.0 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Tulloch Bridge -6.2 °C
Highest rainfall Kinlochewe 1.2 mm
Sunniest Stornoway 3.8 hours

Extremes for Grampian

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Fyvie Castle 10.4 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Balmoral 7.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Braemar -6.0 °C
Highest rainfall Craibstone No.2 0.2 mm
Sunniest Dyce 6.8 hours

Extremes for Central, Tayside & Fife

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Strathallan 11.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Tyndrum 10.4 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Tyndrum -6.5 °C
Highest rainfall Tyndrum 0.0 mm
Sunniest Leuchars 9.0 hours

Extremes for Strathclyde

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Gt Cumbrae Millport 11.0 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Drumalbin 8.6 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Drumalbin -3.5 °C
Highest rainfall Machrihanish Trace
Sunniest Glasgow 11.1 hours

Extremes for Dumfries, Galloway, Lothian & Borders

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Edinburgh Botanic Gardens 11.3 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Dundrennan 8.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Eskdalemuir -5.9 °C
Highest rainfall Logan Botanic Garden 0.0 mm
Sunniest Edinburgh Gogarbank 10.7 hours

Extremes for North East England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Chillingham Barns 10.9 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Loftus 7.2 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Redesdale Camp -3.2 °C
Highest rainfall Chillingham Barns 0.6 mm
Sunniest Boulmer 9.0 hours

Extremes for Northern Ireland

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Killowen 13.2 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Killylane 7.1 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Katesbridge -6.1 °C
Highest rainfall Giants Causeway 0.2 mm
Sunniest Magilligan 6.9 hours

Extremes for Yorkshire & Humber

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Topcliffe 9.7 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Fylingdales 5.9 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Leeming -1.8 °C
Highest rainfall Fylingdales 2.0 mm
Sunniest Leeming 6.5 hours

Extremes for North West England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Levens Hall 11.2 °C
Lowest maximum temperature St Bees Head 7.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Shap -6.9 °C
Highest rainfall Blencathra 0.2 mm
Sunniest Morecambe 8.9 hours

Extremes for East Midlands

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Coton-In-The-Elms 9.2 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Wainfleet 7.4 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Coton-In-The-Elms -0.9 °C
Highest rainfall Market Bosworth 0.4 mm
Sunniest Waddington 6.3 hours

Extremes for West Midlands

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Astwood Bank 9.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Pennerley 5.3 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Newport (Salop) -2.6 °C
Highest rainfall Coventry 0.6 mm
Sunniest Coventry 5.1 hours

Extremes for Wales

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Porthmadog 10.8 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Nantyglo 5.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Trawsgoed -4.1 °C
Highest rainfall Swyddffynnon 0.2 mm
Sunniest Valley 10.2 hours

Extremes for East of England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Monks Wood 9.6 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Cromer 6.2 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Santon Downham -4.4 °C
Highest rainfall Weybourne 0.6 mm
Sunniest Tibenham Airfield 9.3 hours

Extremes for London & South East England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Chertsey Abbey Mead 9.7 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Goudhurst 6.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Goudhurst -2.8 °C
Highest rainfall Frittenden 2.0 mm
Sunniest Heathrow 7.6 hours

Extremes for South West England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Hurn 9.9 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Okehampton 6.2 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Hurn -1.8 °C
Highest rainfall Almondsbury 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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