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UK weather records


Weather records for the UK are shown in the tables below. National values for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are also available. Updated 6 July 2006.

TEMPERATURE RECORDS
Highest
38.5 °C
Brogdale near Faversham (Kent), 10 August 2003
Lowest
-27.2 °C
Braemar, Aberdeenshire, 10 January 1982 and 11 February 1895
Altnaharra, Highland, 30 December 1995

RAINFALL RECORDS
Highest 24-hour total
279 mm
Martinstown, near Dorchester, Dorset, 18 July 1955
Highest 5-min total
*32 mm
Preston, Lancashire, 10 August 1893
Highest 30-min total
80 mm
Eskdalemuir, Dumfries and Galloway, 26 June 1953
Highest 60-min total
92 mm
Maidenhead, Berkshire, 12 July 1901
Highest 90-min total
117 mm
Dunsop Valley, Lancashire, 8 August 1967
Highest 120-min total
#193 mm
Walshaw Dean Lodge, West Yorkshire, 19 May 1989
Highest 120-min total
#155 mm
Hewenden Reservoir, West Yorkshire, 11 June 1956
Highest 155-min total
169 mm
Hampstead, Greater London, 14 August 1975
Highest 180-min total
178 mm
Horncastle, Lincolnshire, 7 October 1960
* Approximate value
#Reservations about Walshaw value, Hewenden value is next highest accepted value.

SUNSHINE RECORDS
Highest monthly total
384 hours
Eastbourne and Hastings, Sussex, July 1911
Lowest monthly total
0 hours
Westminster, Greater London, December 1890

HIGHEST GUST RECORDS
Low-level site
123 knots
Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, 13 February 1989
High-level site
150 knots
Cairngorm (1,245 m AMSL), 20 March 1986