UK daily weather extremes

Sunday 5 April 2026

Issued at: 11pm on 5 April 2026

Extremes for United Kingdom

Parameter	Location	Value
Highest maximum temperature	Writtle	15.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature	Dalwhinnie No 2	3.1 °C
Lowest minimum temperature	Loch Glascarnoch	-0.1 °C
Highest rainfall	Lerwick	28.6 mm
Sunniest	Aberporth	11.5 hours

Extremes for Orkney & Shetland

Parameter	Location	Value
Highest maximum temperature	Kirkwall	7.4 °C
Lowest maximum temperature	Lerwick	6.4 °C
Lowest minimum temperature	Lerwick	0.5 °C
Highest rainfall	Lerwick	28.6 mm
Sunniest	Kirkwall	5.2 hours

Extremes for Highlands & Eilean Siar

Parameter	Location	Value
Highest maximum temperature	Kinlochewe	8.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature	Dalwhinnie No 2	3.1 °C
Lowest minimum temperature	Loch Glascarnoch	-0.1 °C
Highest rainfall	Lentran	20.6 mm
Sunniest	Aviemore	6.3 hours

Extremes for Grampian

Parameter	Location	Value
Highest maximum temperature	Dyce	8.7 °C
Lowest maximum temperature	Braemar No 2	5.0 °C
Lowest minimum temperature	Balmoral	0.5 °C
Highest rainfall	Balmoral	10.2 mm
Sunniest	Dyce	10.9 hours

Extremes for Central, Tayside & Fife

Parameter	Location	Value
Highest maximum temperature	Leuchars	9.3 °C
Lowest maximum temperature	Tyndrum No 3	6.6 °C
Lowest minimum temperature	Tyndrum No 3	1.7 °C
Highest rainfall	Tyndrum No 3	10.8 mm
Sunniest	Leuchars	10.0 hours

Extremes for Strathclyde

Parameter	Location	Value
Highest maximum temperature	Glasgow, Bishopton	8.4 °C
Lowest maximum temperature	Salsburgh	5.4 °C
Lowest minimum temperature	Drumalbin	0.6 °C
Highest rainfall	Cliff Farm	12.8 mm
Sunniest	Tiree	7.1 hours

Extremes for Dumfries, Galloway, Lothian & Borders

Parameter	Location	Value
Highest maximum temperature	West Freugh	9.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature	Eskdalemuir	6.2 °C
Lowest minimum temperature	Eskdalemuir	1.5 °C
Highest rainfall	Edinburgh, Gogarbank	7.2 mm
Sunniest	Charterhall	8.6 hours

Extremes for North East England

Parameter	Location	Value
Highest maximum temperature	Albemarle	10.8 °C
Lowest maximum temperature	Brizlee Wood	7.4 °C
Lowest minimum temperature	Kielder Castle	2.3 °C
Highest rainfall	Kielder Castle	3.4 mm
Sunniest	Boulmer	10.5 hours

Extremes for Northern Ireland

Parameter	Location	Value
Highest maximum temperature	Killowen	10.4 °C
Lowest maximum temperature	Banagher, Caugh Hill	7.8 °C
Lowest minimum temperature	Banagher, Caugh Hill	0.3 °C
Highest rainfall	Castlederg	7.0 mm
Sunniest	Katesbridge	8.7 hours

Extremes for Yorkshire & Humber

Parameter	Location	Value
Highest maximum temperature	Bridlington Mrsc	11.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature	Malham Tarn	5.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature	Malham Tarn	1.2 °C
Highest rainfall	Pateley Bridge, Ravens Nest	6.8 mm
Sunniest	Leconfield	9.7 hours

Extremes for North West England

Parameter	Location	Value
Highest maximum temperature	Myerscough	11.4 °C
Lowest maximum temperature	Spadeadam No 2	6.1 °C
Lowest minimum temperature	Spadeadam No 2	1.8 °C
Highest rainfall	Rochdale	5.6 mm
Sunniest	Morecambe No 2	8.2 hours

Extremes for East Midlands

Parameter	Location	Value
Highest maximum temperature	Holbeach No 2	12.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature	Nottingham, Watnall	10.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature	Market Bosworth, Bosworth Park	4.2 °C
Highest rainfall	Nottingham, Watnall	4.4 mm
Sunniest	Nottingham, Watnall	6.7 hours

Extremes for West Midlands

Parameter	Location	Value
Highest maximum temperature	Pershore	13.9 °C
Lowest maximum temperature	Pennerley	7.8 °C
Lowest minimum temperature	Shawbury	2.7 °C
Highest rainfall	Pennerley	2.8 mm
Sunniest	Shobdon Airfield	8.6 hours

Extremes for Wales

Parameter	Location	Value
Highest maximum temperature	Cardiff, Bute Park	13.0 °C
Lowest maximum temperature	Lake Vyrnwy No 2	7.4 °C
Lowest minimum temperature	Nantyglo	2.8 °C
Highest rainfall	Bala	4.0 mm
Sunniest	Aberporth	11.5 hours

Extremes for East of England

Parameter	Location	Value
Highest maximum temperature	Writtle	15.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature	Cromer	11.6 °C
Lowest minimum temperature	Wittering	4.9 °C
Highest rainfall	Cromer	1.0 mm
Sunniest	Wattisham	9.3 hours

Extremes for London & South East England

Parameter	Location	Value
Highest maximum temperature	Frittenden	15.0 °C
Lowest maximum temperature	Wight: St Catherines Point	11.3 °C
Lowest minimum temperature	South Newington	3.7 °C
Highest rainfall	Brize Norton	2.4 mm
Sunniest	Odiham	9.0 hours

Extremes for South West England

Parameter	Location	Value
Highest maximum temperature	Plymouth, Mountbatten	14.0 °C
Lowest maximum temperature	Okehampton, East Okement Farm	9.3 °C
Lowest minimum temperature	Okehampton, East Okement Farm	3.6 °C
Highest rainfall	Okehampton, East Okement Farm	5.2 mm
Sunniest	Almondsbury	11.2 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.