Weather Extremes
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Dataset description
The tables provided show the national weather records. To ensure consistency, these weather records are only given for stations with standard instruments and exposure. Although some records have been broken by non-standard stations, these are not accepted as official records for this reason.
Records are provided as follows:
For temperature by country, by month and by district for the following:
Highest daily maximum temperature
Highest daily minimum temperature
Lowest daily maximum temperature
Lowest daily minimum temperature
For rainfall
by country, for highest 24-hour rainfall totals for a rainfall day (0900 - 0900 GMT)
by period, in days for UK rainfall records for consecutive rainfall days (0900 - 0900 GMT)
by period, in minutes for UK rainfall records for short durations (from 5 to 180 minutes)
For sunshine hours by country, for highest monthly sunshine records
For gust speed by country and district (for sites below 250m), for highest gust speed
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