UK daily weather extremes

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Extremes for United Kingdom

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Teddington Bushy Park 14.3 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Malham Tarn 7.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Dalwhinnie 4.8 °C
Highest rainfall Achnagart 50.2 mm
Sunniest Wittering 6.1 hours

Extremes for Orkney & Shetland

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Kirkwall 11.0 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Lerwick 10.0 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Kirkwall 8.2 °C
Highest rainfall Baltasound 19.2 mm
Sunniest Lerwick 2.4 hours

Extremes for Highlands & Eilean Siar

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Achnagart 11.8 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Dalwhinnie 8.9 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Dalwhinnie 4.8 °C
Highest rainfall Achnagart 50.2 mm
Sunniest Stornoway 0.0 hours

Extremes for Grampian

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Aboyne 11.0 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Buchan 9.1 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Braemar 6.2 °C
Highest rainfall Braemar 5.8 mm
Sunniest Dyce 4.5 hours

Extremes for Central, Tayside & Fife

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Leuchars 10.3 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Tyndrum 9.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Tyndrum 7.3 °C
Highest rainfall Tyndrum 34.4 mm
Sunniest Leuchars 1.8 hours

Extremes for Strathclyde

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Tiree 11.3 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Salsburgh 8.3 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Salsburgh 5.9 °C
Highest rainfall Dunstaffnage 11.2 mm
Sunniest Glasgow 1.1 hours

Extremes for Dumfries, Galloway, Lothian & Borders

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Logan Botanic Garden 11.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Eskdalemuir 8.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Edinburgh Botanic Gardens 7.4 °C
Highest rainfall Eskdalemuir 6.2 mm
Sunniest Charterhall 1.2 hours

Extremes for North East England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Boulmer 10.6 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Brizlee Wood 8.6 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Albemarle 6.9 °C
Highest rainfall Kielder Castle 5.8 mm
Sunniest Boulmer 3.8 hours

Extremes for Northern Ireland

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Castle Espie No 2 11.3 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Killylane 8.2 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Banagher Caugh Hill 5.0 °C
Highest rainfall Magilligan 6.2 mm
Sunniest Katesbridge 0.9 hours

Extremes for Yorkshire & Humber

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Bridlington 12.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Malham Tarn 7.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Malham Tarn 5.9 °C
Highest rainfall Bainbridge 17.2 mm
Sunniest Leconfield 4.5 hours

Extremes for North West England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Rostherne 12.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Spadeadam 8.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Spadeadam 6.8 °C
Highest rainfall Shap 18.0 mm
Sunniest Rostherne 1.5 hours

Extremes for East Midlands

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Coningsby 12.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Barkston Heath Airfield 11.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Market Bosworth 7.7 °C
Highest rainfall Coton-In-The-Elms 1.6 mm
Sunniest Nottingham 4.5 hours

Extremes for West Midlands

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Pershore 13.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Pennerley 9.2 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Pennerley 6.9 °C
Highest rainfall Hereford 5.4 mm
Sunniest Wellesbourne 5.2 hours

Extremes for Wales

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Cardiff Bute Park 13.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Lake Vyrnwy 9.1 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Lake Vyrnwy 7.1 °C
Highest rainfall Llysdinam 17.2 mm
Sunniest Hawarden 5.1 hours

Extremes for East of England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Writtle 14.0 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Houghton Hall 12.1 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Marham 7.7 °C
Highest rainfall Cambridge Niab 0.6 mm
Sunniest Wittering 6.1 hours

Extremes for London & South East England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Teddington Bushy Park 14.3 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Stowe 11.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Stowe 8.2 °C
Highest rainfall Brize Norton 0.8 mm
Sunniest Odiham 5.6 hours

Extremes for South West England

Parameter Location Value
Highest maximum temperature Swanage 13.4 °C
Lowest maximum temperature Okehampton 9.0 °C
Lowest minimum temperature Okehampton 7.5 °C
Highest rainfall Almondsbury 4.2 mm
Sunniest Bude 6.0 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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