UK daily weather extremes

Friday 26 June 2026

Issued at: 11pm on 26 June 2026

Extremes for United Kingdom

Parameter	Location	Value
Highest maximum temperature	Santon Downham	37.3 °C
Lowest maximum temperature	Stornoway Airport	14.8 °C
Lowest minimum temperature	Lerwick	11.6 °C
Highest rainfall	Cliff Farm	51.4 mm
Sunniest	Hurn	14.9 hours

Extremes for Orkney & Shetland

Parameter	Location	Value
Highest maximum temperature	Lerwick	16.7 °C
Lowest maximum temperature	Fair Isle	15.1 °C
Lowest minimum temperature	Lerwick	11.6 °C
Highest rainfall	Kirkwall	25.6 mm
Sunniest	Lerwick	8.8 hours

Extremes for Highlands & Eilean Siar

Parameter	Location	Value
Highest maximum temperature	Tulloch Bridge	20.7 °C
Lowest maximum temperature	Stornoway Airport	14.8 °C
Lowest minimum temperature	Stornoway Airport	12.0 °C
Highest rainfall	Achnagart	36.0 mm
Sunniest	Stornoway Airport	2.8 hours

Extremes for Grampian

Parameter	Location	Value
Highest maximum temperature	Braemar No 2	21.7 °C
Lowest maximum temperature	Rosehearty	15.3 °C
Lowest minimum temperature	Buchan	12.7 °C
Highest rainfall	Lossiemouth	7.4 mm
Sunniest	Dyce	1.3 hours

Extremes for Central, Tayside & Fife

Parameter	Location	Value
Highest maximum temperature	Tyndrum No 3	24.7 °C
Lowest maximum temperature	Leuchars	18.9 °C
Lowest minimum temperature	Strathallan Airfield	13.7 °C
Highest rainfall	Leuchars	16.4 mm
Sunniest	Leuchars	1.2 hours

Extremes for Strathclyde

Parameter	Location	Value
Highest maximum temperature	Auchincruive	28.5 °C
Lowest maximum temperature	Cliff Farm	19.0 °C
Lowest minimum temperature	Ardtornish	14.1 °C
Highest rainfall	Cliff Farm	51.4 mm
Sunniest	Prestwick, Gannet	4.5 hours

Extremes for Dumfries, Galloway, Lothian & Borders

Parameter	Location	Value
Highest maximum temperature	Eskdalemuir	29.2 °C
Lowest maximum temperature	Edinburgh, Royal Botanic Garden No 2	19.6 °C
Lowest minimum temperature	Edinburgh, Gogarbank	13.8 °C
Highest rainfall	Logan Botanic Garden	10.2 mm
Sunniest	Dundrennan	8.2 hours

Extremes for North East England

Parameter	Location	Value
Highest maximum temperature	Durham	30.7 °C
Lowest maximum temperature	Boulmer	23.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature	Brizlee Wood	13.2 °C
Highest rainfall	Albemarle	26.0 mm
Sunniest	Morpeth, Cockle Park	4.5 hours

Extremes for Northern Ireland

Parameter	Location	Value
Highest maximum temperature	Aldergrove	26.3 °C
Lowest maximum temperature	Giants Causeway	16.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature	Ballypatrick Forest	12.9 °C
Highest rainfall	Altnahinch Filters	22.2 mm
Sunniest	Katesbridge	8.3 hours

Extremes for Yorkshire & Humber

Parameter	Location	Value
Highest maximum temperature	Normanby Hall	35.2 °C
Lowest maximum temperature	Bridlington Mrsc	24.5 °C
Lowest minimum temperature	Leconfield	13.8 °C
Highest rainfall	Bramham	10.0 mm
Sunniest	Sheffield	11.4 hours

Extremes for North West England

Parameter	Location	Value
Highest maximum temperature	Nantwich, Reaseheath Hall	33.6 °C
Lowest maximum temperature	St Bees Head No 2	27.1 °C
Lowest minimum temperature	Spadeadam No 2	16.5 °C
Highest rainfall	Spadeadam No 2	12.6 mm
Sunniest	Rostherne No 2	11.5 hours

Extremes for East Midlands

Parameter	Location	Value
Highest maximum temperature	Coningsby	36.9 °C
Lowest maximum temperature	Market Bosworth, Bosworth Park	33.6 °C
Lowest minimum temperature	Cranwell	16.2 °C
Highest rainfall	Coningsby	3.2 mm
Sunniest	Waddington	11.0 hours

Extremes for West Midlands

Parameter	Location	Value
Highest maximum temperature	Wellesbourne	34.3 °C
Lowest maximum temperature	Pennerley	29.1 °C
Lowest minimum temperature	Keele	20.0 °C
Highest rainfall	Shobdon Airfield	5.4 mm
Sunniest	Shobdon Airfield	14.1 hours

Extremes for Wales

Parameter	Location	Value
Highest maximum temperature	Hawarden Airport	35.1 °C
Lowest maximum temperature	Scolton Country Park	20.0 °C
Lowest minimum temperature	Milford Haven Conservancy Board	17.9 °C
Highest rainfall	Milford Haven Conservancy Board	4.6 mm
Sunniest	Aberporth	14.5 hours

Extremes for East of England

Parameter	Location	Value
Highest maximum temperature	Santon Downham	37.3 °C
Lowest maximum temperature	Woburn	33.9 °C
Lowest minimum temperature	Neatishead	17.4 °C
Highest rainfall	Marham	Trace
Sunniest	Weybourne	12.9 hours

Extremes for London & South East England

Parameter	Location	Value
Highest maximum temperature	Heathrow	36.4 °C
Lowest maximum temperature	Wight: St Catherines Point	19.7 °C
Lowest minimum temperature	Wight: St Catherines Point	16.7 °C
Highest rainfall	Middle Wallop	1.0 mm
Sunniest	Odiham	13.6 hours

Extremes for South West England

Parameter	Location	Value
Highest maximum temperature	Larkhill	32.6 °C
Lowest maximum temperature	Isle Of Portland	20.0 °C
Lowest minimum temperature	Isle Of Portland	16.0 °C
Highest rainfall	Swanage	4.0 mm
Sunniest	Hurn	14.9 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.