UK daily weather extremes

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Extremes for United Kingdom

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature East Malling 17.8 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Tiree 9.6 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Kinbrace -2.2 °C
Highest rainfall Writtle 10.8 mm
Sunniest Camborne 9.9 hours

Extremes for Orkney & Shetland

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Kirkwall 12.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Baltasound 9.6 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Lerwick 5.3 °C
Highest rainfall Baltasound 1.0 mm
Sunniest Kirkwall 2.9 hours

Extremes for Highlands & Eilean Siar

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Resallach 17.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature South Uist 10.2 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Kinbrace -2.2 °C
Highest rainfall South Uist 5.0 mm
Sunniest Loch Glascarnoch 4.4 hours

Extremes for Grampian

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Kinloss 15.8 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Inverbervie 10.1 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Aboyne -1.1 °C
Highest rainfall Balmoral 0.2 mm
Sunniest Kinloss 4.2 hours

Extremes for Central, Tayside & Fife

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Strathallan 12.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Leuchars 10.8 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Strathallan 5.6 °C
Highest rainfall Strathallan 1.2 mm
Sunniest Leuchars 1.1 hours

Extremes for Strathclyde

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Machrihanish 12.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Tiree 9.6 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Salsburgh 3.6 °C
Highest rainfall Prestwick 4.2 mm
Sunniest Prestwick 1.1 hours

Extremes for Dumfries, Galloway, Lothian & Borders

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Charterhall 12.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Eskdalemuir 10.2 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Charterhall 3.2 °C
Highest rainfall Dundrennan 3.6 mm
Sunniest Edinburgh Gogarbank 1.2 hours

Extremes for North East England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Loftus 13.8 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Boulmer 10.9 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Redesdale Camp 1.5 °C
Highest rainfall Loftus 2.0 mm
Sunniest Boulmer 1.2 hours

Extremes for Northern Ireland

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Killowen 15.4 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Ballypatrick Forest 10.6 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Helens Bay 6.0 °C
Highest rainfall Stormont Castle 7.4 mm
Sunniest Thomastown 2.8 hours

Extremes for Yorkshire & Humber

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Hull East Park 13.6 °C
Lowest maximum temperature High Mowthorpe 10.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Topcliffe 3.3 °C
Highest rainfall Emley Moor 7.2 mm
Sunniest Sheffield 0.5 hours

Extremes for North West England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Rostherne 14.7 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Spadeadam 10.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Shap 3.0 °C
Highest rainfall Rochdale 7.8 mm
Sunniest Rostherne 1.9 hours

Extremes for East Midlands

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Coton-In-The-Elms 13.9 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Wainfleet 10.9 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Cranwell 4.3 °C
Highest rainfall Coningsby 8.0 mm
Sunniest Nottingham 0.7 hours

Extremes for West Midlands

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Ross-On-Wye 16.2 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Leek 12.3 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Leek 6.5 °C
Highest rainfall Shobdon 10.0 mm
Sunniest Shobdon 3.3 hours

Extremes for Wales

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Usk No.2 16.6 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Capel Curig 12.4 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Capel Curig 5.5 °C
Highest rainfall St Athan 6.2 mm
Sunniest St Athan 8.8 hours

Extremes for East of England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Writtle 16.2 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Houghton Hall 11.0 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Houghton Hall 6.6 °C
Highest rainfall Writtle 10.8 mm
Sunniest Shoeburyness 2.7 hours

Extremes for London & South East England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature East Malling 17.8 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Langdon Bay 11.3 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Charlwood 6.3 °C
Highest rainfall Otterbourne Water Works 6.4 mm
Sunniest East Malling 5.4 hours

Extremes for South West England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Plymouth 17.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Okehampton 13.3 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Okehampton 6.4 °C
Highest rainfall Hurn 7.6 mm
Sunniest Camborne 9.9 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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