Extremes of temperature, rainfall, and sunshine are recorded for 16 UK regions, including eight English regions, Northern Ireland, six Scottish regions, and Wales. The data, provided by the Met Office, includes highest and lowest maximum temperatures, lowest minimum temperature, highest rainfall, and sunniest location for specific observation periods. Observations are based on initial data received from sites, with a final quality control applied afterwards.
Use Cases
- Identify regions with the most extreme temperature events based on highest and lowest maximum temperature records.
- Analyze spatial patterns of heavy rainfall events based on the highest rainfall metric.
- Study regional sunshine variability using the 'sunniest' location data.
- Compare weather extremes across different UK administrative regions like Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
Strengths
- Covers 16 distinct geographical regions across the United Kingdom.
- Includes five specific weather extreme metrics: highest max temp, lowest max temp, lowest min temp, highest rainfall, and sunniest location.
- Data is sourced from the Met Office, a national meteorological service.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Observations are subject to final quality control, particularly for rainfall during snow events, indicating potential for initial inaccuracies.
Provenance
- Source
- Met Office
- Collection Method
- Observations from weather sites across UK regions.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-07-08 13:30:54.419120; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Eight English regions, Northern Ireland, six Scottish regions, Wales.