UK weather records
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Highest 38.5°C 101.3°F Brogdale near Faversham, Kent 10 Aug 2003
Lowest -27.2°C -17.0°F Braemar, Aberdeenshire 11 Feb 1895 and 10 Jan 1982 Altnaharra, Sutherland 30 Dec 1995
Lowest for England -26.1°C Newport, Shropshire 10 Jan 1982
Lowest daily max temperature -15.9°C Fyvie Castle, Aberdeenshire 29 Dec 1995
Highest 38.5°C 101.3°F Brogdale near Faversham, Kent 10 Aug 2003
Highest daily min temperature 23.9°C Brighton, East Sussex 3 Aug 1990
Rainfall
Highest 5-min total 32 mm Preston, Lancashire 10 Aug 1893
Highest 30-min total 80 mm Eskdalemuir, Dumfriesshire 26 Jun 1953
Highest 60-min total 92 mm Maidenhead, Berkshire 12 Jul 1901
Highest 90-min total 117 mm Dunsop Valley, Lancashire 8 Aug 1967
Highest 120-min total 193 mm Walshaw Dean Lodge, Yorkshire 19 May 1989
Highest 155-min total 169 mm Hampstead, London 14 Aug 1975
Highest 180-min total 178 mm Horncastle, Lincolnshire 7 Oct 1960
Highest 24-hour total 314.4 mm Seathwaite Farm, Cumbria 19 Nov 2009
Sunshine
Highest monthly total 384 hours Eastbourne and Hastings, Sussex Jul 1911
Lowest monthly total 0 hours Westminster, London Dec 1890
Wind speed
Low level 142mph Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire 13 Feb 1989
High level 173mph Cairn Gorm 20 Mar 1986
Other
1665: In November, a deep depression was recorded, possibly the lowest recorded in London, of 931 millibars!
1683-84: Mid December saw the 'great frost' start in the UK and Central Europe. The Thames was frozen all the way up to London Bridge by early January 1684. The frost was claimed to be the longest on record, and probably was. It lasted kept the Thames frozen for 2 months, it froze as deep as 11 inches. Near Manchester, the ground had frozen to 27 inches, and in Somerset, to an astonishing 4 feet!
The biggest single fall of snow recorded in the UK is shared by two places, neither of which are in Scotland. Upper Teesdale in the North Pennines and the Denbigh Moors both claim 60 inches (5 feet) of level snow fall in 1963.
Highest 38.5°C 101.3°F Brogdale near Faversham, Kent 10 Aug 2003
Lowest -27.2°C -17.0°F Braemar, Aberdeenshire 11 Feb 1895 and 10 Jan 1982 Altnaharra, Sutherland 30 Dec 1995
Lowest for England -26.1°C Newport, Shropshire 10 Jan 1982
Lowest daily max temperature -15.9°C Fyvie Castle, Aberdeenshire 29 Dec 1995
Highest 38.5°C 101.3°F Brogdale near Faversham, Kent 10 Aug 2003
Highest daily min temperature 23.9°C Brighton, East Sussex 3 Aug 1990
Rainfall
Highest 5-min total 32 mm Preston, Lancashire 10 Aug 1893
Highest 30-min total 80 mm Eskdalemuir, Dumfriesshire 26 Jun 1953
Highest 60-min total 92 mm Maidenhead, Berkshire 12 Jul 1901
Highest 90-min total 117 mm Dunsop Valley, Lancashire 8 Aug 1967
Highest 120-min total 193 mm Walshaw Dean Lodge, Yorkshire 19 May 1989
Highest 155-min total 169 mm Hampstead, London 14 Aug 1975
Highest 180-min total 178 mm Horncastle, Lincolnshire 7 Oct 1960
Highest 24-hour total 314.4 mm Seathwaite Farm, Cumbria 19 Nov 2009
Sunshine
Highest monthly total 384 hours Eastbourne and Hastings, Sussex Jul 1911
Lowest monthly total 0 hours Westminster, London Dec 1890
Wind speed
Low level 142mph Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire 13 Feb 1989
High level 173mph Cairn Gorm 20 Mar 1986
Other
1665: In November, a deep depression was recorded, possibly the lowest recorded in London, of 931 millibars!
1683-84: Mid December saw the 'great frost' start in the UK and Central Europe. The Thames was frozen all the way up to London Bridge by early January 1684. The frost was claimed to be the longest on record, and probably was. It lasted kept the Thames frozen for 2 months, it froze as deep as 11 inches. Near Manchester, the ground had frozen to 27 inches, and in Somerset, to an astonishing 4 feet!
The biggest single fall of snow recorded in the UK is shared by two places, neither of which are in Scotland. Upper Teesdale in the North Pennines and the Denbigh Moors both claim 60 inches (5 feet) of level snow fall in 1963.
