Climate of The United Kingdom - Monthly Temperature Extremes

Monthly Temperature Extremes

Climate data for United Kingdom
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 18.3
(64.9)		 19.6
(67.3)		 25.6
(78.1)		 29.4
(84.9)		 32.8
(91.0)		 35.6
(96.1)		 36.5
(97.7)		 38.5
(101.3)		 35.6
(96.1)		 29.9
(85.8)		 21.7
(71.1)		 18.3
(64.9)		 38.5
(101.3)
Record low °C (°F) −27.2
(−17.0)		 −27.2
(−17.0)		 −22.8
(−9.0)		 −15
(5.0)		 −9.4
(15.1)		 −5.6
(21.9)		 −2.5
(27.5)		 −4.5
(23.9)		 −6.7
(19.9)		 −11.7
(10.9)		 −23.3
(−9.9)		 −27.2
(−17.0)		 −27.2
(−17.0)
Source: Met Office
Absolute temperature ranges
Month Maximum temperatures Minimum temperatures
°C °F location and date °C °F location and date
January 18.3 64.9
  • Aber, Gwynedd (27 Jan 1958)/Aber, Gwynedd (10 Jan 1971)/Aboyne, Aberdeenshire (27 Jan 2003)
 −27.2 −17.0
  • Braemar (10 Jan 1982)
February 19.6 67.3
  • Worcester (13 Feb 1998)
 −27.2 −17.0
  • Braemar (11 Feb 1895)
March 25.6 78.1
  • Mepal, Cambridgeshire(29 Mar 1968)
 −22.8 −9.0
  • Grantown-on-Spey (12 Mar 1958)/Logie Coldstone, Grampian mountains (14 Mar 1958)
April 29.4 84.9
  • Southeastern England (16 Apr 1949)
 −15 5.0
  • Newton Rigg (2 Apr 1917)
May 32.8 91.0
  • London (22 May 1922)/London and southeastern England (29 May 1944)
 −9.4 15.1
  • Lynford, Norfolk (4 May 1941)/Lynford, Nyfolk (11 May 1941)/Fort Augustus (15 May 1941)
June 35.6 96.1
  • London (29 Jun 1957)/Southampton (28 Jun 1976)
 −5.6 21.9
  • Dalwhinnie (9 Jun 1955)/Santon Downham, Norfolk (1 Jun 1962)/Santon Downham, Norfolk (3 Jun 1962)
July 36.5 97.7
  • Wisley, Surrey (19 Jul 2006)
 −2.5 27.5
  • Lagganlia, Scottish Highlands (15 Jul 1977)/St. Harmon, Powys (9 Jul 1986)
August 38.5 101.3
  • Brogdale, Kent (10 Aug 2003)
 −4.5 23.9
  • Lagganlia, Scottish Highlands (21 Aug 1973)
September 35.6 96.1
  • Bawtry, Doncaster (2 Sep 1906)
 −6.7 19.9
  • Dalwhinnie (26 Sep 1942)
October 29.9 85.8
  • Gravesend, Kent (1 Oct 2011)
 −11.7 10.9
  • Dalwhinnie (28 Oct 1948)
November 21.7 71.1
  • Prestatyn, Denbighshire (4 Nov 1946)
 −23.3 −9.9
  • Braemar (14 Nov 1919)
December 18.3 64.9
  • Achnashellach, Wester Ross (2 Dec 1948)
 −27.2 −17.0
  • Altnaharra (30 Dec 1995)

There are reservations over the maximum temperature records set in May - the next highest value is 31.9°C, recorded in London on 27 May 2005.

A disputed temperature of 42°C was set at an airfield in Surrey on 18 July 2006 - this value is generally unaccepted.

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