Date Mountain Sites? Wind Unit? Number of Results
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24-hour Temperature Extremes

Min Temperatures - 21/08/1953 09Z(D-1) to 09Z(D)
IDStation Name (Altitude)Minimum
00160Craibstone (102 m)6.7°C
00269Marchmont (152 m)7.2°C
00107Fort Augustus (21 m)7.2°C
00148Balmoral (283 m)7.2°C
00253Edinburgh, Royal Botanic Garden No 2 (28 m)7.7°C
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Max Temperatures - 21/08/1953 09Z(D) to 09Z(D+1)
IDStation Name (Altitude)Maximum
01326Swanage (10 m)21.1°C
00763Folkestone (39 m)20.6°C
00497Shoeburyness (2 m)20.6°C
00651Newport (salop) (66 m)19.4°C
00471Rothamsted (128 m)19.4°C
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12-hour Temperature Extremes

Min Temperatures - 21/08/1953 21Z(D-1) to 09Z(D)
IDStation Name (Altitude)Minimum
18974Tiree (9 m)8.3°C
00970Renfrew (8 m)9.4°C
01135Ringway (69 m)9.4°C
01450Aldergrove (63 m)9.4°C
00593Elmdon (96 m)10.0°C
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Max Temperatures - 21/08/1953 09Z(D) to 21Z(D)
IDStation Name (Altitude)Maximum
00497Shoeburyness (2 m)20.6°C
00384Waddington (68 m)18.9°C
00708Heathrow (25 m)18.9°C
00432Gorleston (4 m)18.3°C
01336Plymouth, Mountbatten (50 m)17.8°C
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Rainfall & Sunshine Extremes

Max Rainfall - 21/08/1953 09Z(D)-09Z(D+1)
IDStation Name (Altitude)Rainfall
01119Stonyhurst (115 m)23.1 mm
01133Winnington (20 m)20.3 mm
00869South Farnborough (65 m)18.5 mm
00539Buxton (307 m)18.3 mm
01350Princetown, Prison (453 m)17.5 mm
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Max Sunshine - 21/08/1953
IDStation Name (Altitude)Maximum
01399Falmouth (51 m, CS)11.1 hours
01385Scilly: St Marys (51 m, CS)10.8 hours
01336Plymouth, Mountbatten (50 m, CS)10.7 hours
01379Sidmouth (10 m, CS)10.5 hours
01389Penzance, Penlee Gardens (19 m, CS)10.2 hours
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Wind Extremes

Max 10-min mean - 21/08/1953
IDStation Name (Altitude)Maximum
01336Plymouth, Mountbatten (50 m)25 knots
00708Heathrow (25 m)20 knots
00782Bognor Regis (7 m)19 knots
00593Elmdon (96 m)18 knots
00970Renfrew (8 m)18 knots
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Max Hourly Gust - 21/08/1953
IDStation Name (Altitude)Maximum
01450Aldergrove (63 m)29 knots
00434Mildenhall (5 m)25 knots
00970Renfrew (8 m)21 knots
00720Mickleham (55 m) knots
00744East Malling (33 m) knots
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Pressure Extremes

Highest Pressure - 21/08/1953
IDStation Name (Altitude)Highest
01336Plymouth, Mountbatten (50 m)1009.2 hPa
00708Heathrow (25 m)1003.6 hPa
01450Aldergrove (63 m)1002.5 hPa
00434Mildenhall (5 m)1001.8 hPa
00593Elmdon (96 m)1001.8 hPa
Lowest Pressure - 21/08/1953
IDStation Name (Altitude)Lowest
00970Renfrew (8 m)996.0 hPa
01450Aldergrove (63 m)997.6 hPa
00384Waddington (68 m)998.5 hPa
01135Ringway (69 m)999.4 hPa
00593Elmdon (96 m)1000.0 hPa