UK daily weather extremes

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Extremes for United Kingdom

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Stormont Castle 11.6 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Fyvie Castle 2.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Aboyne -6.8 °C
Highest rainfall Preston Moor Park 5.0 mm
Sunniest Camborne 5.4 hours

Extremes for Orkney & Shetland

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Fair Isle 7.9 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Lerwick 7.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Kirkwall 2.0 °C
Highest rainfall Baltasound 0.4 mm
Sunniest Kirkwall 3.9 hours

Extremes for Highlands & Eilean Siar

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Achnagart 9.8 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Tulloch Bridge 7.2 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Kinbrace -3.5 °C
Highest rainfall South Uist 3.6 mm
Sunniest Aviemore 2.8 hours

Extremes for Grampian

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Lossiemouth 10.3 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Fyvie Castle 2.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Aboyne -6.8 °C
Highest rainfall Craibstone No.2 0.2 mm
Sunniest Kinloss 4.7 hours

Extremes for Central, Tayside & Fife

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Strathallan 9.0 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Tyndrum 8.4 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Leuchars 2.8 °C
Highest rainfall Tyndrum 1.8 mm
Sunniest Leuchars 3.4 hours

Extremes for Strathclyde

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Machrihanish 10.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Drumalbin 5.8 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Drumalbin 2.4 °C
Highest rainfall Auchincruive 0.8 mm
Sunniest Prestwick 1.3 hours

Extremes for Dumfries, Galloway, Lothian & Borders

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature West Freugh 10.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Eskdalemuir 4.6 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Charterhall 1.2 °C
Highest rainfall West Freugh 3.6 mm
Sunniest Charterhall 0.4 hours

Extremes for North East England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Boulmer 8.3 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Durham 4.8 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Chillingham Barns -1.7 °C
Highest rainfall Durham 1.2 mm
Sunniest Boulmer 0.1 hours

Extremes for Northern Ireland

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Stormont Castle 11.6 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Killylane 7.1 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Lough Fea 2.5 °C
Highest rainfall Killowen 0.8 mm
Sunniest Katesbridge 3.9 hours

Extremes for Yorkshire & Humber

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Sheffield 6.2 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Fylingdales 2.8 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Fylingdales -1.1 °C
Highest rainfall Topcliffe 1.6 mm
Sunniest Leeming 0.0 hours

Extremes for North West England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Bridgefoot 6.8 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Spadeadam 3.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Warcop -0.2 °C
Highest rainfall Preston Moor Park 5.0 mm
Sunniest Shap 0.0 hours

Extremes for East Midlands

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Coningsby 5.7 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Wainfleet 4.3 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Market Bosworth 0.7 °C
Highest rainfall Gringley On The Hill 1.4 mm
Sunniest Nottingham 0.0 hours

Extremes for West Midlands

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Shawbury 6.4 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Leek 3.6 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Pershore -0.3 °C
Highest rainfall Keele 1.0 mm
Sunniest Shobdon 0.1 hours

Extremes for Wales

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Gogerddan 9.3 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Nantyglo 5.0 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Nantyglo -1.2 °C
Highest rainfall Hawarden 4.4 mm
Sunniest Aberporth 1.1 hours

Extremes for East of England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Woburn 6.0 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Tibenham Airfield 3.9 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Cavendish 0.2 °C
Highest rainfall Wittering Trace
Sunniest Wittering 1.0 hours

Extremes for London & South East England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature St Catherines Point 8.9 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Langdon Bay 4.9 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Goudhurst -2.5 °C
Highest rainfall Reading University 0.6 mm
Sunniest Odiham 2.7 hours

Extremes for South West England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Isles Of Scilly 10.7 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Liscombe 5.3 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Little Rissington 0.0 °C
Highest rainfall Exeter Airport 4.0 mm
Sunniest Camborne 5.4 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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