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5 December 2015 Highest 24-hour total (UK national average) 31.7 mm (1.25 in) UK (national average) [9] 3 October 2020 Highest 48-hour total 405 mm (15.9 in) Thirlmere, Cumbria 4 to 5 December 2015 Highest 72-hour total 456.4 mm (17.97 in) Seathwaite, Cumbria 17 to 19 November 2009 Highest 96-hour total 495 mm (19.5 in) Seathwaite, Cumbria
The basic climate of the UK annually is wet and cool in winter, spring, and autumn with frequent cloudy skies, and drier and cool to mild in summer. The climate in the United Kingdom is defined as a humid temperate oceanic climate, or Cfb on the Köppen climate classification system, a classification it shares with most of north-west Europe. [1]
With an average temperature of −2.1 °C (28.2 °F), [10] January 1963 remains the coldest month since January 1814 in Central England, although for the UK as a whole [11] and in Northern England, [12] Scotland [13] and Northern Ireland [14] February 1947 and February 1895 were colder, whilst December 2010 was also colder in Northern Ireland.
United Kingdom: −27.2 °C (−17.0 °F) Braemar, Aberdeenshire Altnaharra, Sutherland: 11 February 1895 10 January 1982 30 December 1995 [271] North America Antigua and Barbuda: 16.1 °C (61.0 °F) V. C. Bird International Airport, Antigua: 31 December 1974 and 28 January 1976 [143] [144] Canada: −63.0 °C (−81.4 °F) Snag, Yukon
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The Central England Temperature (CET) record is a meteorological dataset originally published by Professor Gordon Manley in 1953 and subsequently extended and updated in 1974, following many decades of work. The monthly mean surface air temperatures, for the Midlands region of England, are given (in degrees Celsius) from the year 1659 to the ...
The Met Office confirms 2022 was the hottest year for the country on record.
It comes after the UK recorded its coldest night of this winter so far with the temperature falling to -14C in Altanharra, northern Scotland, according to the Met Office.