Question: what is the highest 24 hour rainfall to be recorded in the uk
Answer: 2 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.