According to the Met Office, the hottest temperature ever recorded in the UK is 40.3°C (104.5°F), a record set on 19 July 2022 at Coningsby in Lincolnshire, England.
The summer of 2022 was a hot one across the UK, with record temperatures being logged not only in England, but in Wales and Scotland, too.
In Wales, a temperature of 37.1°C (98.8°F) was clocked on 18 July 2022 at Hawarden Airport in Flintshire. While in Scotland, on 19 July 2022, temperatures rose to 34.8°C (94.6°F) – a new record high temperature for the country.
The hottest temperature ever recorded in Northern Ireland is 31.3°C (88.3°F). This record was set on 21 July 2021 at Castlederg, County Tyrone.
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On the subject of extreme weather events, the coldest UK temperature ever recorded was -27.2°C (-17.0°F) in Braemar, Scotland on 11 February 1895 – this temperature was logged again in Braemar on 10 January 1982, as well as in Altnaharra on 30 December 1995.
On 3 October 2020, the UK experienced its wettest day on record, with an average of 31.7mm of rain falling across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland – that's enough to fill Loch Ness.
The strongest wind gust – 173 mph (278.4 km/h) – was recorded at Cairngorm Summit, Scotland, on 20 March 1986. And the deepest daily snowfall occurred on 2 March 1947 at Forest-in-Teesdale, County Durham, when 83cm (32.7 inches) of snow fell in 24 hours.
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