British Weather Extremes


These pages detail weather extremes in the United Kingdom. TORRO endeavours to keep these pages as up-to-date and as accurate as possible from available information. Data is collated from numerous sources, including meteorological reports and journals, the Guinness Book Of Records and the Guinness Book Of Weather Records.

Summary
A summary of the most extreme events recorded by weather type
Maximum temperature date records
The highest recorded temperatures for each day of the year
Minimum temperature date records
The lowest recorded temperatures for each day of the year
Precipitation
An overview of the typical weather setups that can lead to large rainfall accumulations, including a list of the most extreme events
Maximum Temperatures
An overview of the typical weather setups that can lead to high temperatures, including a list of the highest values each month
Minimum Temperatures
An overview of the typical weather setups that can lead to low temperatures, including a list of the lowest values each month
Sunshine
The highest sunshine totals for each month of the year
Tornadoes
The most intense, widest path and longest track tornadoes in the UK and Europe
Hailstorms
The most severe hailstorms recorded based on different criteria
County temperature extremes
Appendix C of the TORRO book includes absolute temperature extremes for each UK county