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Regional Extremes Observations

Publisher
Met Office
Updated
8 July 2026
Topic
Environment

Summary

Extremes of temperature, rainfall and sunshine are provided for a chosen region along with the location at which the extreme occurred. Based on observation sites split across: Eight English regions; Northern Ireland; Six Scottish regions; Wales. The extremes may include observation sites which are not available though DataPoint. The following information is provided: Highest maximum temperature between 0900 UTC to 2100 UTC on the date shown; Lowest maximum temperature between 0900 UTC to 2100 UTC on the date shown; Lowest minimum temperature between 2100 UTC on the previous day to 2100 UTC on the date shown; Highest rainfall between 2100 UTC on the previous day to 2100 UTC on the date shown; Sunniest between 2100 UTC on the previous day to 2100 UTC on the date shown. The information provided uses the initial data as it is received; observations are subject to a final quality control afterwards. This is particularly the case for rainfall totals during snow events.

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Additional information

Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
30 August 2013
Harvest GUID
7a3144b6-5c96-48b9-ad5e-22200ce645ab
Extent (Latitude)
61° to 48°
Extent (Longitude)
-12° to 5°
Spatial reference system
urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG:3857
Dataset reference date (publication)
2013-12-03
Frequency of update
continual
Access constraints
no limitations
Responsible party
Met Office (publisher)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng

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