August 2003 saw a new record set for the highest temperature recorded in the UK. Other weather records for the UK are shown in the table below. Click on the little icon to see what are the warmest, coldest, wettest, sunniest or windiest spots across the UK today. Note that some of the records are more than 100 years old and also that many of them happened during the past two decades or so.

Temperature in °C
Highest	38.5	Brogdale, Kent	10 Aug 2003
Lowest	-27.2	Braemar, Grampian	10 Jan 1982
	-27.2	Braemar, Grampian	11 Feb 1895
	-27.2	Altnaharra, Highlands	30 Dec 1995
Rainfall in millimeters
24 hour total	279	Martinstown, Dorset	18 July 1955
5 min total	32	Preston, Lancashire	10 Aug 1893
60 min total	92	Maidenhead, Berkshire	12 July 1901
180 min total	178	Horncastle, Lincolnshire	7 Oct 1960
Sunshine monthly total hours
Highest	384	Eastbourne, Sussex	July 1911
Lowest	0	Westminster, London	Dec 1890
Low level Wind in mph
Peak gust	141.6	Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire	13 Feb 1989
High level Wind in mph
Peak gust	173	Cairngorm (1245m asl)	20 Mar 1986