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24-hour Temperature Extremes

Min Temperatures - 20/05/1953 09Z(D-1) to 09Z(D)
IDStation Name (Altitude)Minimum
00891Marlborough (129 m)2.8°C
00709Northolt (33 m)3.9°C
01312Bath (20 m)3.9°C
01530Armagh (62 m)4.4°C
00744East Malling (33 m)4.4°C
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Max Temperatures - 20/05/1953 09Z(D) to 09Z(D+1)
IDStation Name (Altitude)Maximum
00426Cromer (37 m)21.1°C
00697London, St James's Park (5 m)20.6°C
00744East Malling (33 m)20.6°C
00708Heathrow (25 m)20.0°C
00709Northolt (33 m)20.0°C
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12-hour Temperature Extremes

Min Temperatures - 20/05/1953 21Z(D-1) to 09Z(D)
IDStation Name (Altitude)Minimum
00671Ross-on-wye (67 m)6.1°C
00009Lerwick (82 m)6.1°C
01450Aldergrove (63 m)6.7°C
00032Wick Airport (36 m)6.7°C
00593Elmdon (96 m)6.7°C
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Max Temperatures - 20/05/1953 09Z(D) to 21Z(D)
IDStation Name (Altitude)Maximum
00708Heathrow (25 m)20.0°C
00497Shoeburyness (2 m)19.4°C
00384Waddington (68 m)18.9°C
00671Ross-on-wye (67 m)17.8°C
00432Gorleston (4 m)16.7°C
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Rainfall & Sunshine Extremes

Max Rainfall - 20/05/1953 09Z(D)-09Z(D+1)
IDStation Name (Altitude)Rainfall
01409St Austell (94 m)17.8 mm
01350Princetown, Prison (453 m)14.0 mm
01077Ambleside (46 m)13.0 mm
01336Plymouth, Mountbatten (50 m)11.4 mm
01168Cwm Dyli (94 m)11.4 mm
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Max Sunshine - 20/05/1953
IDStation Name (Altitude)Maximum
00695Hampstead (137 m, CS)13.1 hours
00449Lowestoft (25 m, CS)13.1 hours
00432Gorleston (4 m, CS)12.2 hours
00403Skegness (6 m, CS)12.2 hours
00778Margate (16 m, CS)12.0 hours
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Wind Extremes

Max 10-min mean - 20/05/1953
IDStation Name (Altitude)Maximum
17310Fettercairn, Glensaugh No 2 (171 m)19 knots
00384Waddington (68 m)18 knots
01336Plymouth, Mountbatten (50 m)17 knots
01135Ringway (69 m)16 knots
01450Aldergrove (63 m)15 knots
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Max Hourly Gust - 20/05/1953
IDStation Name (Altitude)Maximum
01450Aldergrove (63 m)24 knots
00434Mildenhall (5 m)19 knots
00970Renfrew (8 m)15 knots
00720Mickleham (55 m) knots
00744East Malling (33 m) knots
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Pressure Extremes

Highest Pressure - 20/05/1953
IDStation Name (Altitude)Highest
00708Heathrow (25 m)1023.5 hPa
00434Mildenhall (5 m)1023.0 hPa
00593Elmdon (96 m)1021.7 hPa
00384Waddington (68 m)1021.6 hPa
01336Plymouth, Mountbatten (50 m)1021.0 hPa
Lowest Pressure - 20/05/1953
IDStation Name (Altitude)Lowest
01450Aldergrove (63 m)1014.3 hPa
00970Renfrew (8 m)1015.8 hPa
01336Plymouth, Mountbatten (50 m)1016.0 hPa
01135Ringway (69 m)1017.6 hPa
00593Elmdon (96 m)1018.4 hPa