The Met Office originally formed to provide meteorological and sea current information to mariners.
2003 saw a new record set for the highest temperature recorded in the UK.
The current records from the Met Office of extreme weather in the UK are:
Observation |
Location |
Date |
Temperature |
Highest |
38.5°C Brogdale, near Faversham, Kent |
10 August 2003 |
Lowest |
-27.2°C Braemar, Grampian |
10 January 1982 / 11 February 1895 |
|
-27.2°C Altnaharra, Highland |
30 December 1995 |
Rainfall |
Highest 24 hour total |
279mm Martinstown, near Dorchester, Dorset |
18 July 1955 |
Highest 5 min total |
32mm Preston, Lancashire (approx) |
10 August 1893 |
Sunshine |
Highest monthly total |
384 hours Eastbourne / Hastings, Sussex |
July 1911 |
Lowest monthly total |
0 hours Westminster, London |
December 1890 |
Wind |
Highest gust (low level) |
141.6mph Freserburgh, Aberdeenshire |
20 March 1986 |
|