United Kingdom weather records - wikipedia United Kingdom weather records Boscastle after flooding in 2004 Contents 1 Records 1.1 Highest temperature 1.2 Lowest temperature 1.3 Rainfall 1.4 Sunshine 1.5 Wind speed 2 Atmospheric Pressure 3 References Records As of July 2010, the records as recorded by the Met Office were : Highest temperature ° C ° F Location Date Highest ( England ) 38.5 ° C 101.3 F Faversham, Kent 10 August 2003 Highest ( Wales ) 35.2 ° C 95.4 ° F Hawarden Bridge, Flintshire 2 August Highest ( Scotland ) 32.9 ° C 91.2 ° F Greycrook, Scottish Borders 9 August 2003 Highest ( Northern Ireland ) 30.8 ° C 87.4 ° F Knockarevan, County Fermanagh 30 June 1976 Shaw 's Bridge, Belfast, County Antrim 12 July 1983 Lowest temperature ° C ° F Location Date Lowest ( Scotland ) - 27.2 ° C - 17.0 ° F Braemar, Aberdeenshire 11 February 1895 and 10 January 1982 Altnaharra, Sutherland 30 December 1995 Lowest ( England ) - 26.1 ° C - 15.0 ° F Newport, Shropshire 11 January 1982 Lowest ( Wales ) - 23.3 ° C - 9.9 ° F Rhayader, Powys 21 January 1940 Lowest ( Northern Ireland ) - 18.7 ° C - 1.6 ° F Castlederg, County Tyrone 24 December 2010 Rainfall Duration Level Location Date Highest 5 - min total Approx. 32 mm Preston, Lancashire 10 August 1893 Highest 30 - min total 80 mm Eskdalemuir, Dumfries and Galloway 26 June 1953 Highest 60 - min total 92 mm Maidenhead, Berkshire 12 July 1901 Highest 90 - min total 117 mm Dunsop Valley, Lancashire 8 August 1967 Highest 120 - min total 155 mm Hewenden Reservoir, West Yorkshire 11 June 1956 Highest 155 - min total 169 mm Hampstead, London 14 August 1975 Highest 180 - min total 178 mm Horncastle, Lincolnshire 7 October 1960 Highest 24 - hour total ( 1800 - 1800 ) 341.4 mm Honister Pass, Cumbria 5 December 2015 Highest 24 - hour total ( 0900 - 0900 ) 279 mm Martinstown, Dorset 18 July 1955 Highest 48 - hour total ( 0900 - 0900 ) 405 mm Thirlmere, Cumbria 4 to 5 December 2015 Highest 72 - hour total ( 0900 - 0900 ) 456.4 mm Seathwaite, Cumbria 17 to 19 November 2009 Highest 96 - hour total ( 0900 - 0900 ) 495 mm Seathwaite, Cumbria 16 to 19 November 2009 Highest Monthly Total 1396.4 mm Crib Goch, Snowdon 1 to 31 December 2015 Sunshine Duration Location Date Highest monthly total ( England ) 383.9 hours Eastbourne, Sussex July 1911 Highest monthly total ( Northern Ireland ) 298 hours Mount Stewart, County Down June 1940 Highest monthly total ( Scotland ) 329.1 hours Tiree, Argyll & Bute May 1975 Highest monthly total ( Wales ) 354.3 hours Dale Fort, Pembrokeshire July 1955 Wind speed Ground Level Wind Speed Location Date mph km / h knots Low level 142 228 123 Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire 13 February 1989 High level 173 278 150 Cairn Gorm 20 March 1986 Shetland holds the unofficial British record for wind speed, which in 1962 was recorded at 177 mph ( 285 km / h ) at RAF Saxa Vord. Atmospheric Pressure Further information : List of atmospheric pressure records in Europe References ^ Jump up to : `` UK climate - Extremes ''. Met Office. March 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017. The United Kingdom weather records note the most extreme weather ever recorded in the United Kingdom, such as the most and fewest hours of sunshine and highest wind speed. Jump up ^ http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/media/pdf/b/1/Eskdalemuir_Flood_-_26_June_1953.pdf Jump up ^ The UK Met Office expresses `` reservations '' about 193 mm on 19 May 1989 at Walshaw Dean Lodge ( West Yorkshire ) ^ Jump up to : `` National Meteorological Library and Archive Factsheet 9 -- Weather extremes '' ( PDF ). Met Office. p. 16. Retrieved 20 June 2017. Jump up ^ `` Unst ''. Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 12 January 2010. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_Kingdom_weather_records&oldid=832850890 '' Categories : Climate of the United Kingdom Hidden categories : Use dmy dates from May 2015 Use British English from May 2015 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 28 March 2018, at 10 : 04. About Wikipedia

Question: what is the highest 24 hour rainfall to be recorded in the uk
Answer: 341.4 mm